Mahanama, the author of the Mahavamsa refers to three visits by the Buddha to Sri Lanka. Is this historically correct ... with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. Had Lytton Strachey ...

‘Buddha Sculptures of Sri Lanka’, Ulrich von Schroeder’s magnum opus is in many ways a beguilingly beautiful study with a wealth of sculptural forms representing the Buddha and the legends connected ...

“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 ...

Under the agreement, the relics will be kept in Sri Lanka till fifth of next month during the annual celebrations marking the birth of Buddha called Vesakh Mela. Speaking on the occasion, the Sri ...

The Ancient Period About 2600 years ago, migrants from northern India, the ancestors of today’s Sinhalese people, arrived in Sri Lanka. The Sinhalese were among the earliest people outside northern ...

The arrangements of these forums allowed for a rich convergence of ideas, with one focusing on the foundational teachings of ...

Much of the modern European aesthetic is heavily influenced by Japanese art or Japonism ... Indian sub-continent can be traced back to the 5th century AD, Buddhist links between Sri Lanka and Korea go ...

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) opened Rotation 1 of their new exhibition ‘Total Landscaping’ on 12 September. Curated by Sandev Handy and Thinal Sajeewa, ...

Buddhist monks belonging to Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, South Korea and Sri Lanka, who are in Islamabad to participate in the International Gandhara Symposium visited Taxila Museum and ...

It will bring together Buddhist ‘Sangha’ leaders, scholars, experts and practitioners from various traditions across Asia to ...

modern villa, near Bentota, a popular Sri Lankan beach town. For a nice afternoon stroll up the beach from Kirana villa, head to Cinnamon Bentota Beach hotel where there’s a small art gallery ...

The best price we found for a return flight to Sri ... Buddha. The more adventurous ones can embark on wildlife safaris in Yala National Park or hike through Horton Plains. As Sri Lanka's capital, ...