Tag: Tradition

The Wassāna season, also known as the Rain Retreat, has a historical origin dating back about six centuries in India. ...

Venerable Galboda Gnanissara was the face of the Gangaramaya Temple. The Temple and the chief priest were inseparable for a ...

As a German tourist with a deep fascination for cultural festivals, my journey to Sri Lanka would have been incomplete ...

The Ves dance has its roots in the traditions of the Temple of the Tooth and has been an integral ...

The southern districts of Galle and Matara are the largest cinnamon producing districts in the island.  The famous Ceylon Cinnamon with ...

Anuradhapura was Sri Lanka’s first kingdom—and the greatest of all. It held sway for over one thousand four hundred years ...

If Vesak is a festival of lights, a celebration of the liberation from worldly bonds, then one of the most ...

The decorated arch with the ubiquitous dragon at the entrance to the temple. Walukaramaya may not be the most ostentatious ...

Traditional Sinhala New Year game ins Sri lanka. for new year theme. peoples playing many more games. for aluth awrudu ...

Venerable Galboda Gnanissara Thero, Chief Incumbent of the Gangaramaya Temple, has been the guiding light that has exemplified the true ...