Hela Nomad: In Search of Helese Colonial Wounds: The Untold Atrocities of the British Empire in Sri Lanka 🕯️  A story of pain, resilience, and survival. For over 150 years, the island of Sri Lanka — once a proud and sovereign land — was held under the shadow of the British Empire. Behind romanticised myths […]

Hela Nomad Hela Nomad Hela Nomad: In Search of Helese In the 11th century, Sri Lanka fell under the shadow of the mighty Chola Empire. For seventy-seven years, the island endured foreign rule, its sacred relics hidden, its temples in ruins, and its kings dethroned. But from the jungles of Ruhuna rose a teenage prince […]

Source: AI Overview The Kingdom of Kandy, the last independent Sinhala kingdom in Sri Lanka, was a Buddhist state governed by Nayak kings of Tamil origin from 1739 to 1815, who patronized the Buddhist religion despite their own Hindu heritage. Following the Kandyan Convention of 1815, the British promised in Article 5 to maintain and […]

AI Overview In addition to Ashoka the Great, several Indian monarchs provided significant patronage to Buddhism, strengthening spiritual, cultural, and political ties between India and Sri Lanka. While Ashoka established the foundational relationship, later rulers facilitated the exchange of relics, texts, and ordained monks, ensuring the continuity of the Theravada tradition.  Key Indian rulers who […]

AI Overview https://share.google/aimode/imFpAa9y6gHnVP8IN The period from 1505 to 1948, marking 450 years of colonial rule in Sri Lanka by Portuguese, Dutch, and British powers, is often described by historians and scholars as a time of intense pressure and systematic efforts to dismantle the traditional Buddhist and Sinhalese culture . Despite these attempts, which included the […]

Courtesy: AI Overview Historical accounts from both Portuguese chroniclers and contemporary researchers document a systematic campaign of religious ( mainly Buddhist and Hindu) destruction in Sri Lanka during the Portuguese colonial period (1505–1658). Portuguese historians like Fernão de Queiroz in his work The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon and Paulo da Trinidade in [Conquista […]

Courtesy: AI Overview A countless number of Churches in former Portuguese occupied territory of Ceylon were built on sites of destroyed Buddhist Temples is an incontrovertible fact.   Historical accounts from both Portuguese chroniclers and contemporary researchers document a systematic campaign of religious ( mainly Buddhist and Hindu) destruction in Sri Lanka during the Portuguese colonial period […]

HistorywithShabnam Lessons  for Sri Lanka

Source: AI Overview  The false narrative of the Buddha being born in Sri Lanka will cause irreparable harm to the integrity of Buddhism, unnecessarily create division, and most importantly undermine the saddha ( faith and trust) in the credibility of the life story of the Buddha and eventually damage the Buddha Sasana. AI Overview The […]

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Source:  AI Overview https://share.google/aimode/h9SyhevFeZdkb4tlv For over 2,500 years, the Sinhalese civilization has made profound contributions to human progress, particularly in the fields of hydraulic engineering, architecture, and the preservation of Buddhist heritage. Settling in Sri Lanka’s dry zones as early as 500 BCE, they transformed a hostile environment into a flourishing “hydraulic civilization” .  Hydraulic […]

Courtesy: History Undug Sri Lanka’s history extends far beyond its renowned beaches and ancient temples. This video examines the island’s 2,000-year martial tradition, exploring how geography, strategy, and leadership shaped its military and political landscape.  We analyze the campaigns of King Dutugamunu, the architectural and defensive innovations exemplified by Sigiriya, the organization of the Chaturangani […]

History Undug Long before modern hospitals and surgical science, ancient Sri Lanka developed one of the world’s most advanced medical systems. This documentary explores the Mihintale Hospital Complex, believed to be the oldest known hospital in the world, revealing how advanced healthcare, surgery, pharmacology, and public medicine existed over 1,000 years ago. We also uncover […]

The Mahavamsa https://share.google/aimode/59EP5UjiM89yn9tDn (“Great Chronicle”) is one of the world’s most significant and longest unbroken historical records, chronicling over 2,500 years of Sri Lankan history. Written as an epic poem in the Pali language, it is recognized for initiating a mature historiographic tradition in South Asia. Key Significance and Legacy

History Undug Ancient Sri Lanka was not just an island kingdom — It was one of the greatest maritime trading powers of the ancient world.  For over 2,000 years, Sri Lankan ships sailed across the Indian Ocean, connecting Rome, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, and China. Ancient Chinese records describe Sinhalese manned Sri Lankan vessels as the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror This was the first time that a Portuguese army was completely wiped out in battle. This gave King Senarat the possibility of ending Portuguese domination by taking the fortress of Colombo. As we have seen, he failed to do so because the Sinhalese forces lacked the necessary artillery power and the […]

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Rare Historical Photos In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. He was attempting to show that to fight all forms […]

Dr. Ajith Amarasinghe and Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Veediya Bandara rose to prominence as a celebrated war hero in the 16th century during the Kotte Kingdom, earning the title Thiruwelle Bandara, meaning “The Tiger of Kotte.” His valour and tactical acumen have solidified his place as a crucial figure in Sri Lankan history. Interestingly, some […]

The Buddhist Guy | All Religions, One Channel Over 2,500 years ago Prince Siddhartha broke with the Vedic world and became the Buddha. This video traces why he rejected priestly authority, ritual sacrifice, and caste privilege—not because he denied the existence of devas, but because he placed liberation in personal insight, ethical practice, and meditation. […]

Courtesy Amazinglanka Controversy surrounds the origins of the temples at Trincomalee where today a modern Hindu Kovil, popularly called Koneswaram has been set up. Though a tradition is quoted in support of the antiquity of the modern Hindu temple dating to the time of a mythical ruler named Kulakoddayan, after the Portuguese Captain General Azavedo destroyed the […]

https://youtu.be/hdlGfaE0foo?si=ZGHi4VzhJ__9eTUd This video explores the dark legacy of European colonialism in Sri Lanka, beginning with the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505. Under the pretense of religious conversion and a so-called “divine command” from the Pope, they launched a brutal conquest—imposing Christianity, dismantling local cultures, and exploiting the island’s rich resources. Central to this history […]

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කොලට් සේනානායක නාරද කරුණාතිලක අද (සැප්.13)ට 112 වැනි ගුණානුස්මරණය යෙදී ඇති වලිසිංහ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර මීගමුවේවිසූ ධනවත් ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙකුගේ පුතෙකි. ඒ කාලයේ ධනවතුන්ගේ දරුවන් ඉගෙනුම ලැබූකොළඹ වෙස්ලි විදුහලින් උගත් ඔහු නීති විද්‍යාලයට ඇතුළු වී සිටියදීධර්මපාලතුමාගේ දේශප්‍රේමී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයට දායක වූයේය. එතුමා ගැන ලිපියක්සපයන්නෙකු ‘සමාජ සේවයට ඉදිරිපත් වූ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර ආහාර හිගයෙන් හා මන්දපෝෂණයෙන් පීඩා වින්දේ ය’යි සඳහන් කිරීම එතුමාට […]

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By Indika Sri Aravinda Courtesy The Daily Mirror By Indika Sri Aravinda Colombo, August 11 (Daily Mirror) – The research unit of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) is preparing to recover 19 aircraft said to have been hidden by King Ravana in 25 locations. The unit has confirmed several specific details about […]

ජර්මානු වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාලයේ මහාචාර්ය නිශාන් සී විජේසිංහගේ  සෙම්බුමලේ සෑයට නැගෙනහිර දෙසින් බඹරගල වන සෙනසුන, උතුරු දෙසින් දෙඹරගල වන සෙනසුන, බටහිර දිසාවෙන් වසන්වැව චෛත්‍යය, ඊසාන දිසාවෙන් තිරියාය සහ රංගිරි උල්පත නමැති ඓතිහාසික බොදු බිම් මේ පුදබිම වටා ඇති සිද්ධස්‌ථානවලින් කිහිපයකි.  “විඩුඩබ” කියන කුමාරයා ශාක්‍ය වංශිකයන්ව සමූල ඝාතනය කරන්නට යන අවස්ථාවේ භාග්‍යවතුන් වහන්සේ විසින් සෘධියෙන් ඔවුන්ගේ රථ […]

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