Explorations of the Thearavada Buddhist Heritage by, Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha (Professor of German School of Medicine)
Posted on March 18th, 2025
Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha
I must start off with the captioning of this phrase “that The name Lankawa was a direct imprint by Lord Buddha Himself”; through His doctrinal and philosophical declaration of the Lankawathara Suthraya from the top of Mount Sri Pada.
It should be pointed out here, by me, that, although, through the passages of time vivid changes occurred in the body of Lankawa; yet, it sustained itself as the trader’s paradise of the Indian Ocean; with its remarkable Thearavada Trading Economy”. And the remarkable Thearavada Philosophy; which was conceived to the Sinha Hela Race by, The Lord Buddha Himself; as foreshadowed earlier by me.
This is the reason, which led the Dutch, to incorporate the Dutch East India Trading Company on the 20th of March 1602; and soon afterwards, within a month and ten days; on the 2nd of May 1602, the Dutch Admiral Joris van Spilbergen’ to arrive in Batticaloa, with three ships from the Dutch port of Veere.
From 1602 to 1706, a hundred years later, the corruption builds up, as the reigning Dutch Governor Simons, destroyed the core essence of the Dutch arrival in Lankawa; with the 1706 Dutch Codification of the Tesawalami regulation, giving
predominance to the Malabar caste of the Tamil people as the indigenous Tamil people, of the Northern Province of Ceylon; which gave them hope of a Tamil Eelam State.
And the embodiments which represented our Thearavada Buddhist nation Lankawa; was smuggled to a hideout in the Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Kovil, until its custody was miraculous taken back; through my continuous enchanting and perseverance and pursuance to retain it.back to its original ownership.
I would finally close by saying: (“දැන් අමා දොර විවර වී ඇත”),