On Vesak Poya, the pilgrimage season to Sri Pada ended with the sacred artefacts and statues placed on the summit for the pilgrimage season, brought down in a procession, according to tradition. Along ...

The sun has just set behind the walls of Galle, Sri Lanka, and the muezzin of the Fort Meeran mosque in the old part of the town starts his chant. The All Saints Church, one of the town's historical ...

Chief Incumbent of the Sri Padasthana, Chief Sanghanayake of the Ratnapura Disawa and Chancellor of the Uva Wellassa University Ven. Bengamuwe Dhammadinna Thera said the caskets of sacred relics, the ...

A proposal had been made to construct a helicopter landing pad several kilometers below the Maha Maluwa of Sri Pada (summit) to land helicopters of VIPs and to airlift visitors who fall sick while ...

Malaka Rodrigo reports on “paths to the Peak”, a photographic odyssey to Sri Pada by Ian Lockwood As the Sri Pada pilgrimage season ended on Vesak, Ian Lockwood’s exhibition of photographs - a ...

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When they weren’t climbing Sri Pada or conversing with kings, the earliest foreign travellers to Sri Lanka were dwelling on gems, rubies, topazes, sapphires, and moonstones. From Pliny and Cosmas to ...

With the poya of December, the Sri Pada season is declared open. This announcement was made on Dec. 14 – Unduvap Poya – a week ago. As always, with seeing the press announcement, a rush of memories ...