One Vesak day little Savin would make a small thorana and Sunil would come and lean a broom against it. In response to Savin’s protests Sunil came out with the following kavi: Budu himiyani oba langa ...

The labour costs and cost of around 50,000 bulbs needed to light the thorana are prohibitive, he says. Their thoran making doesn’t stop after Vesak, but continues at Poson and Esala, a task done with ...

Vesak stands as the most sacred festival in Buddhism, a powerful commemoration of the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and Parinirvana. Celebrated on the auspicious full moon of the Vaisakha month, ...

The festival commenced after the wahalkada thorana (ornamental gateway) of the Bambarakelle temple was declared open at 10 am. The Central Cultural Fund declared open their exhibition alongside a ...

The 154 schools comprising the Nuwara Eliya Education Zone will be lit up with 5,000 Vesak lanterns. The Venerable Thero stated that the festival will include Buddhist processions, Buddhist devotional ...

Four people including Pahan were injured in this. At present, there is a tense situation in the entire area. There is tremendous anger among the people of the tribal community in Hetbalu.

Chandika Gunasekara titled his first solo exhibition ‘Malini’. That was the name he gave his second solo exhibition as well. Malini, he said, is the name of his late grandmother. This was his way of ...

AIADMK MLA Udayakumar demands increased compensation and government job for family of deceased earthmover operator in unsafe demolition incident.

Madurai City Police have booked the contractor, Nallathambi, and Corporation officials for their negligence that led to the death of earthmover operator Nagalingam while demolishing a huge ...

Earthmover operator dies in Madurai as arch collapses during demolition The contractor for the work, Nallathambi, was seriously injured.

The newly constructed ‘Makara Thorana’ of the historic Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Viharaya, Karagampitiya, Dehiwala was recently opened under the auspices of Ven Shashtrapathi Ven Dodanduwe Sirikara ...

The newly constructed ‘Makara Thorana’of the historic Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Viharaya, Karagampitiya, Dehiwala was recently opened under the auspices of Ven Shashtrapathi Ven Dodanduwe Sirikara Anu ...