The 161st birth anniversary of the Lion of Lanka: ‘a vivid flash of lightning from a black and stormy night’
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025By Rohana R. Wasala Don David Hewavitharne, who later became the famous Anagarika Dharmapala, was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on September 17, 1864. David Hewavitarne was at the beginning of Sri Lanka’s difficult transformation from a British monarchical colony to an independent sovereign republic in 1972. When the American theosophist, retired military […]
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