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Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has expressed his commitment to working with Senator Muntari Dan-Dutse, who represents the Funtua zone of Katsina State, to push for the creation ...
Fire acrobats perform at a celebration during the Duruthu Perahera festival at a temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, on Jan 5, 2023. Photo:Xinhua . Fire acrobats perform at a celebration during the ...
On the invitation of the Naga King Maniakkhika, Lord Buddha in the eighth year after his Enlightenment, visited Kelaniya with his followers on a Vesak poya day, chronicle the Mahavamsa and ...
Buddhist devotees are engaged in devotion on the Binara full moon Poya day at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya today. The establishment of the Bhikkhuni Sasanaya (Bhikkhuni Sangha), or Order of the ...
However, the temple was destroyed again in the 16th century, when the Portuguese conquered the country. It was once again rebuilt by King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe in 1767. The Kelaniya temple gained ...
Buddhist devotees are seen in the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 11, 2019, to celebrate the Poya day. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua) Buddhist devotees are seen in the Kelaniya ...
Sri Lanka Buddhist devotees are seen in the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on March 20, 2019 to celebrate the Poya day. Poya day is a monthly holiday in Sri Lanka, marking the full moon. Many Sri Lankans ...
(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been removed from a top post at the Kelaniya Temple. A proposal had been submitted to remove Wickremesinghe as the Chairman of the ...
A proposal put forward by the Kelaniya temple ‘Dayaka Sabha’ to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe from the post of its chairman, had been passed yesterday.
Sri Lanka Buddhist devotees are seen in the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on March 20, 2019 to celebrate the Poya day. Poya day is a monthly holiday in Sri Lanka, marking the full moon. Many Sri Lankans ...