Tag: Heritage

A full year has now past since EXPLORE SRI IANKA augmented Colombo's increasingly exciting nightlife by introducing its unique entertainment ...

Yvonne Shokman Polonnaruwa, situated 102km to the east of Anuradhapura, was the second royal city of medieval Sri Lanka. It served ...

Maureen Seneviratne In the range of creative handicrafts in Sri Lanka, ivory carvings have taken a very important place. Ivory ...

Kalpana Isaac Historically masks were used in rituals to exorcise villagers' fears and illnesses. Even today, patients who require psychiatric ...

Renuka Jeya Raj Of all the many mediums through which the versatile craftsmen of yore sought to express themselves, sculpture ...

Chitra Ranawake If you zoomed in suddenly upon Sigiriya the Lion Rock (Sinha-Giriya) rising starkly into the sky you would imagine ...

On the 13th June 1820 one of the most famous auction sales ever to be held in London took place ...

Maureen Seneviratne The art of puppetry in Sri Lanka has a long tradition. The mechanics of the art were known ...

Swarnamali Seneviratne Aerial view of Sigiriya rock. with the ruins of the palace. Photo: Fred R Malvenna Of all the ...

M B Dassanayake Kandy's Dalada Maligawa - the temple of the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha, with the octagon ...