Sarnath warms up for Budh Purnima

1 hour 26 min ago Catch this Singapore showcase, which is part of Music Matters Live With HP, the live music portion of the annual music conference, Music Matters, which features Plainsunset, Electrico, Kevin Lester, The Sam Willows and The ...

The Therawada Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka has been in existence since 1998. Yet unfortunately, we do not come across many Bhikkhunis (Buddhist nuns) as often as we come across Bhikkhus in Sri Lanka. It was learned that most Sri Lanka Bhikkhunis ...

by S. Weragoda With the dawn of the 2556th year of the Buddhist calendar, reckoned after the Passing Away of Sakyamuni Gautama Buddha, the world will mark Vesak this week. The Vesak Poya is significant to Buddhists across the world as three most ...

1 hour 24 min ago LIMELIGHT 2013. This Esplanade series focusses on some of the best school choirs and symphonic bands in Singapore. This edition featuring groups from Nanyang Junior College, Raffles Girls School and Victoria Junior College. Until ...

About 12,000 devotees crowded the Darma Muneeswaran Temple on May 1 to witness its consecration. -tabla! About 12,000 devotees crowded the Darma Muneeswaran Temple on May 1 to witness its consecration. All Hindu temples undergo renovations and ...

Source: Supplied Source: Supplied THERE is something suitably humbling about arriving at Anuradhapura - the first Sinhalese capital, founded 2500 years ago - on a bicycle at the end of a long, hot ride through Sri Lanka's central plains. As I ...

Kataragama is the most visited city in the South. It is of great religious significance drawing devotees in thousands all over the island. Kiriwehera, the chief Dagaba found in the vicinity is a treasure of southern born proud people of ancient ...

Response to Hameed Abdul Karim : The series of exchange of writings between myself and Hameed Abdul Karim has at best revealed the human nature of most to adapt the tactic of insult and ridicule in order to evade accepting errors made. The situation ...

It is late afternoon and we can see the silhouette of trees with dead branches jutting out against a cloudless sky. On the rock boulder, the orange rays of the sun are reflected in the Kumana Wewa. There is a soft hush in the air. We climb the flat ...