On the 21st of March, 1952, mournful shockwaves shook the entire nation with the sudden announcement that the First Prime Minister and the beloved “Father of the Nation”, passed away following an ...

allah and halalaa must be controlled before it’s too late. nip at the bud. Anagarika Dharmapala is right. The predicament of the Sinhala Buddhists is due to 3 reasons. 1) The ahem hamuduruwane ...

The National Government of Dudley Senanayake in 1965 was a seven-party coalition comprising the UNP, FP, SLFSP, MEP, ACTC, JVP and CWC. It was popularly referred to as the “Hath Haula” meaning an ...

Rahula College, Matara made traditional rivals Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya struggle for survival when play ended on the second day in the 14th Battle of the Golden Lions big match played at ...

In 1891, Anagarika Dharmapala embarked on a pilgrimage to the recently restored Mahabodhi Temple, only to be shocked by what he encountered. The temple was under the control of a Saivite priest, the ...

According to the book, in January 1891, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala visited India for the first time with Japanese Buddhist monks Theravada and Kozen Gunaratna. They subsequently ...

Calls for the temple to be handed over to the Buddhists can be traced to the late 19th century. These were initially led by the Sri Lankan monk Anagarika Dhammapala, who even took the Hindu priests ...