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Poya Days: The Full Moon Calendar That Runs Sri Lanka
Every month, when the moon is full, Sri Lanka pauses. Shops selling alcohol close, traffic thins, and temples fill — because po...
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Adam's Peak: One Mountain, Four Religions
A single footprint-shaped hollow near the summit of a 2,243-metre peak is venerated by Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and Christian...
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The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi: The World's Oldest Recorded Planted Tree
Planted in 288 BCE from a cutting of the tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment, this sacred fig at Anuradhapura ha...
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Mihintale: The Hill Where Buddhism Came to Sri Lanka
A chance meeting on a rocky hilltop in the 3rd century BCE between a hunting king and a travelling monk redirected the entire c...
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The Sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic
Nestled in the heart of Kandy, the Sri Dalada Maligawa houses the most venerated Buddhist relic in the world — a tooth of the B...
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