Food, Offering, Medicine, Political Symbol: What the Lotus Means in Sri Lanka
“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...
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A month of Katina pinkam that ends with Il Poya
The Vas retreat of three months during the rainy season where upasampada bhikkhus (high ordained monks) stay indoors, which ...
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The Island
The US State Department’s Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues, Abby Finkenauer would travel to Sri Lanka between 12-15 Nov.... At least 35 people have been killed in a car attack in southern China, ...
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling ...
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Sri Lanka Colombo Stock Exchange All Share Index
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