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In Sri Lanka, there had been a habit of building temples in the close vicinity of ports. These temples were built as landmarks as well as spiritual rejuvenating places for sailors, and traders. Most of the visitors to these temples were foreign traders, sailors, and pilgrims. These temples were called ‘Samudra Giri Temples’ or temples The post Temple on the rock appeared first on Ceylon Today.
5th century BC, Kapilvastu It was chaos after chaos for the Shakyans. Being the clan of the Gautama Buddha, the Shakyans of Kapilvastu faced a terrible fate. Although a small kingdom, the Shakya Kingdom always was concerned about its independence, dignity, and territorial integrity. They were proud of their birth and of being Shakyans. This The post UNVEILING EASTERN TREASURES appeared first on Ceylon Today.
“Great people set the bar for the rest of us.” ― Bert McCoy For those who are familiar with the history and archaeology of Sri Lanka, the name Professor Emeritus, T.G. Kulatunga needs no further introduction. Especially to Ceylon Today readers, Prof. Kualtunga is a well-known figure as many of our heritage discussions were illuminated The post HONOURING A PILLAR OF ARCHAEOLOGY appeared first on Ceylon Today.
අමා එච්. වන්නිආරච්චි විසිනි ඉතිහාසය වූ කලී අභිරහස් වලින් පිරුණු ස්ථානයකි.අපි අතීතය ගොඩනගන්නේ අපේ මුතුන් මිත්තන් විසින් ඉතිරි කරන ලද අප සතුව පවතින ද්‍රව්‍යමය සාක්ෂි භාවිතා කර, අතීතයේ ලිඛිත ලේඛන කියවා ඒවා අර්ථ නිරූපණය කිරීමෙනි. ඒ වගේම අප තුළ තිබෙන ජන ගී, ජන කතා, ජන විශ්වාසයන් අපි අර්ථකථනය කරන්නේ අපේ අතීතය තේරුම් ගැනීමේ උත්සාහයක් ලෙසයි. … Continue reading සිංහල ජාතියේ කතාන්දරය… →
“The eye never knows the edge of anybody.” — Leonardo da Vinci It is because of the painting technique of Mona Lisa that her facial expressions are blurry. Therefore, when we look at her, we capture her expressions in various ways, as if she is a real woman. Leonardo da Vinci studied how ratios of The post Great masterpieces explained: The secrets behind her smile appeared first on Ceylon Today.
For 10 weeks, we have been exploring the Northern and Eastern provinces; their history, and archaeological remains. We understand that the heritage sites in the Northern and Eastern provinces are greatly threatened and vulnerable. These ancient places are silent victims of the country’s still existing ethnic issue and of the 30-year-long war. Many sites were The post HERITAGE IN PERIL appeared first on Ceylon Today.
ජූලි 7 දිනට යෙදී තිබුණු ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ 132 වෙනි සංවත්සරය නිමිත්තෙන් ‘Be The Guardians of Our Heritage’ යන මැයින් Ceylon Today පුවත්පතේ පළ වූ ඉංග්‍රීසි ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනය. ජූලි 7 වැනිදා පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ (පු.වි.දෙ.) 132 වැනි සංවත්සරය සහ ජාතික පුරාවිද්‍යා දිනය සමරන ලදී. පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව කාර්යක්‍ෂම රාජ්‍ය සේවකයන්, දක්ෂ වෘත්තිකයන් සහ උද්‍යෝගිමත් නායකයන්ගේ … Continue reading අපේ උරුමයේ ආරක්ෂකයන් වන්න. →
The Vavuniya District of the Northern Province is bordering the Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, and Puttalam districts. Vavuniya District has an abundance of archaeological heritage that belongs to the Anuradhapura Period, Polonnaruwa Period, and temples that were restored by kings of the post-medieval period kingdoms. The large number of ancient tanks and irrigation work in Vavuniya also The post HERITAGE IN PERIL (Part X) appeared first on Ceylon Today.
If I ask you, what is the world’s most famous painting? No doubt your answer will be the Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa is of course the world’s most famous painting and one of the greatest masterpieces in the world. At a glance, this 77cm by 63cm size oil painting, is not that mesmerising, nor does The post The secrets behind her smile appeared first on Ceylon Today.
Located at the far end of our little island paradise, the Dambakola Patuna Temple is one of the major tourist attractions in the Jaffna Peninsula. It is a place where you can enjoy the scenic beauty of the Indian Ocean, the mesmerising beauty of the peninsula, and the remnants of Sri Lanka’s glorious past. The The post Dambakola Patuna Temple, Jaffna appeared first on Ceylon Today.