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Deepavali: The Festival of Lights in a Buddhist Country
Sri Lanka's Tamil community celebrates the Hindu festival of lights every October or November with oil lamps, fireworks and swe...
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The Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu: Where 400,000 Catholics Converge
Deep in the northern jungle, an image of the Virgin Mary has been venerated for over 400 years — and the annual feast at Madhu ...
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Sri Lanka's Muslim Heritage: Eight Centuries of the Moors
Arab and Malay Muslim traders settled Sri Lanka's coasts over a thousand years ago. Their descendants, the Sri Lankan Moors, ar...
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The Four Devales: When Buddhism Shares Space with Hindu Gods
Inside Sri Lanka's most sacred Buddhist city, four shrines dedicated to Hindu guardian deities stand alongside the Temple of th...
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Poson: The Pilgrimage to the Hill Where Buddhism Began
Every June full moon, tens of thousands of white-clad pilgrims climb the 1,840 steps of Mihintale by torchlight to mark the day...
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Aluvihare: Where the Pali Canon Was Written Down
In a cave complex near Matale, Buddhist monks spent years committing the oral tradition of the Buddha's teaching to writing for...
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The Esala Perahera: Elephants, Dancers and the Tooth Relic
Every July or August, the city of Kandy hosts one of Asia's greatest street processions — ten nights of elephants, Kandyan danc...
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Kataragama: Where All Faiths Meet in the Jungle
Deep in the southern jungle, a shrine complex sacred to Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and Veddas attracts hundreds of thousands of...
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Vesak: The Night Sri Lanka Lights Up
On the full moon of May, the island marks the most sacred date in the Buddhist year — not with solemnity, but with lanterns, fr...
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