Exposition during the British rule. A descriptive account of the first Dalada exposition during the British rule is provided by Major Jonathan Forbes in Eleven Years in Ceylon.Forbes who was privy to ...

Dubai: In Sri Lanka, a traditional road toll has taken an amusing twist as a 40-year-old elephant named Raja has become a self-appointed toll collector.

Raja the elephant is well known in these parts of Sri Lanka - he’ll let you pass, but only for a price!" read the caption. In the viral video, he is seen halting the van and asking for food from ...

The king gifted him to a Sri Lankan monk physician for treating an illness, according to Dr. Harsha Dharmavijaya, an ayurvedic physician, whose family has been caring for Raja from 1978.