Tag: History

derived from Esala Pōya Day Screenshot When we talk about women’s emancipation, we must take into account the 2,500-year-old history ...

The greatest treasures of the Sankapala Raja Maha Viharaya remain underground.

An ancient temple hidden in the jungle on the far side of the Central Highlands, its origins unknown and unexplored, ...

A repository of legend and lore, Kala Wewa has seen so much human drama

By Iris Manampery Their canon report - it is like thunder The Portuguese arrived on the shores of Lanka during ...

Royal Day Recalled by Maureen Seneviratne The Portuguese buildings occupied the area of the President' House. Colombo, a royal city? ...

Iris Manampery Masked dancers join with gay abandon. On the way down from Colombo to Galle is the village of ...

Maureen Seneviratne Veddahs – descendants of King Vijaya and Kuveni. Scene from a play 'Sinhabahu' (Suresh de Silva) From 500 ...

A Part of our Heritage Nalini De Lanerolle. Photographs by Suresh de Silva From about 500 B.C. till the advent ...

Dinali Fernando The collection of coins in the Colombo Museum is often overshadowed by the other more glittery and ornate ...