Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

Teachers perform traditional folk dances for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, a traditional festival to be observed on the coming weekend, at a school in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 9, 2024.

In a joyful and colourful display of culture and unity, the Sri Lankan community in Mombasa celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year with great enthusiasm, bringing together people from diverse ...

Sri Lanka, April 12 -- Welikada Prison is set to prepare the largest milk rice dish in Sri Lanka to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year on April 14. The preparation will begin in the early hours ...

Sun Siyam Pasikudah marked the dawn of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year at the auspicious time on 13th.April with a display of fireworks, joined by in-house guests and staffs together with the ...

Srilanka, April 8 -- The Sapugaskanda Yoshida Pre-school celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year of 2025 on April 05 at the school premises. The event was conducted under the leadership of the ...

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year, known locally as Aluth Avurudda and Puthandu, respectively, is a major cultural festival in Sri Lanka that usually falls in April. (File photo/Agencies) NEW DELHI ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted amnesty to nearly 800 convicts to mark the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year on Saturday, his of E-PAPER NATION ...