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 ...

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Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- Officials from the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) have assured the Sri Pada Trustees that the Mahagiridamba area on the Sri Pada Hatton road is now safe for ...

A joint initiative by ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ and the Ministry of Environment began yesterday (25) to safeguard the Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) ecosystem and enhance facilities for pilgrims. Under the leadership ...

Sri Pada revered as one of Sri Lanka’s most sacred pilgrimage sites, is also among the country’s most environmentally sensitive ecosystems. During each pilgrimage season, hundreds of thousands of ...

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 ...

Colombo, February 19 (Daily Mirror) - In a landmark environmental initiative, the Sri Pada pilgrimage site was officially launched as a plastic-free zone today (19) at the Nallathanniya and Ratnapura ...

There are two other important events that take place in Sri Lanka on Vesak Full Moon Poya day. The Upasampada (higher ordination) of samanera (novice) monks begins with the Vesak Poya and the Sri Pada ...

The island’s mountainous interior is a mystical, religiously significant region filled with tea trees, train tracks and possibly Buddha’s tooth. The train toward Sri Lanka’s towering Sri Pada mountain ...