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SLTDA Chairman says SL is all set for a bounce back after 2018 Expresses confidence in achieving 1 m arrivals and over $ 1.5 b earnings by 2022 endSteps up efforts to increase air connectivity, seating capacities, jet fuel availability SLAITO Chief calls for global trade promotions to signify SL is open for business, to counter adverse […]
The Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) with Sri Lanka Tourism will launch promotions in Tokyo next year to tap the vast Japanese tourist market, Sri Lanka-Japan Business Council (SLJBC) President and (SLAITO) Past President Mahen Kariyawasam told the Sunday Observer yesterday. “We are grateful to Japan for not issuing a travel advisory […]
WTM to take place in London in November Three SL road shows in India this month The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) is expected to ramp up its promotion drive leading up to the year-end festive season, with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) and around 50-70 private sector stakeholders from the local tourism […]
අමා එච් වන්නිආරච්චි විසිනි. (අගෝස්තු 6 වැනි දින, Ceylon Today පුවත්පතේ, අමා එච්. වන්නිආරච්චි විසින් රචිත Heritage in Peril යනුවෙන් පළ වූ ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනයයි.) ඉපැරණි කුරුන්දි විහාරස්ථානය මුල් කරගෙන මෑතකාලයේ ඉස්මතු වූ අර්බුධය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උරුම කළමනාකරණය පිළිබඳව අපට නැවත සිතන්නට පොළඹවන්නකි. පසුගිය සතියේ පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව (DoA) විසින් කෘෂි-පුරාවිද්‍යා සහ වාරි පුරාවිද්‍යා ඒකකයන් ආරම්භ … Continue reading ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු නැගෙනහිර අපේ උරුමය – 1 කොටස. →
Ivory craftsmanship Sri Lanka has a rich history regarding many native traditional handcrafts. Among them, ivory craftsmanship has a special place. To study ivory craftsmanship and its technology in Sri Lanka we can use Sri Lankan literary and archeological sources. Especially according to early Brahmi inscriptions and archeological data, it’s important to understand the details of historical ivory […]
Sri Lanka’s vast number of ruined temples scattered all over the Northern and Eastern provinces are silent witnesses and solid pieces of evidence of the territorial integrity and the history of the North and the East. However, some separatist groups openly express their hatred towards these ruined temples solely because they want to fulfil their […]
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy “Confidence is ignorance. If you’re feeling cocky, it’s because there’s something you don’t know.” -Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl Distortion or misinterpretations of Sri Lankan history is a recent trend. This is indeed sad and at the same time dangerous in many aspects. One reason is that these misinterpretations alter the country’s known … Continue reading Padhanaghara; Jain Distortion →
Unscientific Twisting of the Truth By Ama H.Vanniarachchy Ceylon Today Heritage presented to you a series of articles about Pseudo archaeology over the last four weeks and its negative and possible disastrous impacts on Sri Lanka’s cultural heritage. We discussed many examples of pseudoarchaeology in Sri Lanka and presented evidence to say how these pseudo … Continue reading Putting an end to Pseudo archaeology in Sri Lanka →
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy “A true warrior fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” G.K. Chesterton. Battles have always been a part of human civilization. Fighting against each other for territories is a nature of almost every living being, no matter if they are … Continue reading Commemorating Valour; Hero Stones of Sri Lanka →
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy On the 12th morning it was reported that some valuable artefacts at the Deliwala Kotawehera temple, Rambukkana were stolen. Among the stolen artefacts were some golden and crystal caskets which were kept inside the house of relics of the temple. As the Director-General of Archaeology, senior professor Anura Manatunga said to us, … Continue reading Deliwala robbery incident →