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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 […]

AsianMirror

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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By Patrick Martin Topic:Archaeology Wed 7 MayWednesday 7 May The Piprahwa Gems are considered to be among the most significant finds in the history of Buddhism. (Supplied: Sotheby’s) In short: Sotheby’s has postponed its sale of jewels linked to the physical remains of the Buddha after New Delhi threatened to launch legal action. The relics were […]

Lost in Context 1000 years ago, an empire of technocrats emerged on the island of Ceylon. They transformed Sri Lanka’s environment and human geography, and then faded away into the jungle.

By Rajitha Weerakoon Courtesy The Daily Mirror With the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom, the Kandyan Convention, ceremonially signed on March 10, 1815, completed the annexation of the island to the British Empire. This brought an end to the rule of Lankan Royalty.  British propaganda successfully portrayed King Sri Vikrama Rajasinghe as a cruel Tamil […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis: Sri Lanka, strategically located at the crossroads of ancient global trade, flourished as an economically vibrant and culturally independent nation. Its ability to engage in cultural exchanges on its own terms ensured the preservation of its unique spiritual and cultural heritage. The island’s thriving civilization, led by its Mahārath—visionary leaders and […]

by, Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha First of all, it is highly important to note, that after the incorporation of the  Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC), on the 20th of March 1602; thereafter  soon afterwards, within a month and ten days; on the 2nd of May 1602, the Dutch Admiral Joris van Spilbergen’s arrival in […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ආදරය… ජීවිතය ජීවත් කරවන හරි අපූරු හැඟීමක්, අපි කවුරුත් එක වගේ විඳන්න ආස දෙයක් නමුත් කෙතරම් කැපකිරීම් කළත් හැම ආදර කතාවක්ම සතුටින් අවසන් වෙන්නේ නැහැ. එලෙස මතකයන් පමණක් ඉතිරි කර මැකී යන සමහර ප්‍රේමකතාවල සුන්දරත්වය තවමත් ජීවමානයි. අද (14) ආදරවන්තයින්ගේ දවසේ අපි ඔබට රැගෙන එන්නේ වසර 220ක් පැරණි, ඔබ අසා ඇති […]

සමන්ති පෙරේරා / ගාමිනී විතාණ රජක කුලයේ ව්‍යාප්තිය ගැන ඓතිහාසික වාර්තා හොයන පරියේෂිකා අනෝමා යකුම්පිටියටත් මටත් වැදගත් වන තොරතුරු ටිකක් ලැබුනා. රජක කුලය, රදා කුලය හේන කුලය , රජක කුලය, ඩොබී කුලය, පේඩි කුලය යනුවෙනුත් හඳුන්වනවා.ඔවුන් ගේ පටබැඳිනාම පේඩි, පේඩියා, චාකාලි, හේනයා වෙනවා. රජක කුලයේ සාමාජිකයෝ විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් අටවන වීර පරාක්‍රමබාහු රජු කාලේ ඉන්ඳියාවෙන් එනවා. […]

By: Patrick J. Kiger Courtesy History.com Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it. There is a long history of research experiments to generate earthquakes, tsunamis and climate disasters. As Partick J. Kiger wrote Between 1946 and 1958 the United States detonated 23 nuclear weapons on the tiny, remote ring of islands that […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan Eelam is mentioned in the very oldest Babylonian inscriptions. Southern Elam was known as Anshan from the earliest times to the days of the Persian empire. Long before the rise of the city of Babylon the old city-states of Accad and Lagash held for a time part of the Eelamitic territory, and […]

Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe Basis of Historical Movies Historical movies resonate with stories from the past for an audience watching them with a sense of awe after many years. The effect is gob-smacking when you see what you have fancied in your imagination on the silver screen as the events in history unveil how our world […]

By Ama H. Vanniarachchy Courtesy CEYLON TODAY. Sri Lanka’s rich archaeological heritage is under serious threat, according to a recent research report titled Analytical Report on the Protection and Conservation of the Archaeological Heritage of National Importance of Sri Lanka – Volume I.”Sponsored by the Bauddhaloka Foundation (Guarantee) Ltd., this extensive report that covers eight […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Paharpur Buddha Vihara, Bangladesh: Pic: Abdul Momin Colombo, September 15: Sri Lanka and Bengal have links going back to Prince Vijaya who came to Sri Lanka from Bengal with his retinue in 543 BC and established the island’s first dynasty that ruled for 609 years. But Buddhism became an important strand in […]

Anjana Basu  Courtesy Outlook India With ‘Ravana’s Lanka,’ Sunela Jayewardene transforms the mythical past of Sri Lanka into a tangible, vivid exploration of history and legend. Ravana’s Lanka: The landscape of a lost kingdom Photo: Penguin Vintage Book – Ravana’s Lanka: The landscape of a lost kingdom Author – Sunela Jayewardene Publisher – Penguin Vintage INR […]

Courtesy Sri Lanka Travel The life of Ravana, one of the most powerful beings ever to roam the universe, if Hindu legends are to be believed, had unfolded in the small island Sri Lanka, where he ruled with mighty power over gods, humans and demons. Valmiki’s Ramayana paint Ravana as a tyrant of mighty power […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena There are books written on history, economics, and wars. But the book written and published by Dr. Thomas Jeyendran (BA (Hons), MBA, Cert. Ed, DBA, FCMI, FIC) ‘The EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY IN CEYLON AND BEYOND’ includes the story of the development of International Trade over the years, The Battles for Trincomalee and HMS Trincomalee. I […]

L.K.N. PERERA ( LL.B Cey) Attorney at law, L.K.N. PERERA ( LL.B Cey) Attorney at law, Labour Consultant, Ex-Senior Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Ex Judicial Officer, Ex-President. Lanka Academic Association , Ex Director Waste Management Authority, Co -Chairman- Seruvila Mangala Maha Chaityawardena Samitiya . Advisory Committee Member of All Ceylon Buddhist Congress. Commissioner of Aragalaya […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් බුදුන් වහන්සේ උපන් ස්ථානය  හබරණ, හිරිවඩුන්න විහාරස්ථානයේ බෝධිය අසල බවට ඇතැමුන් පවසන කතාව සනාථ කිරීම සඳහා කිසිඳු පුරාවිද්‍යාත්මක සාක්ෂියක් හමුවී නොමැති බව පුරාවිද්‍යාඥයෝ හෙළිදරව් කරති. 2018 දී පමණ පුරාවිද්‍යා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාජල්වරයා මෙවැනි මතයක් සමාජය තුළ පැතිරයන හෙයින් මේ පිළිබඳව සත්‍ය අසත්‍යතාව පුරාවිද්‍යා කැණීම් හා සාක්ෂි මගින් තහවුරු කරගන්නා ලෙස දන්වා තිබූ […]