Ethnic tensions rise in Sri Lanka as Tamil Hindus allege Sinhala-Buddhisisation of religious sites
JAFFNA/MULLAITIVU: In the Tamil-majority northern province of Sri Lanka, as a road turns uphill towards Old Chemmalai, near the scenic Nayaru Lagoon in Mullaitivu district, there stands a statue of ...
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State-backed changes to demographics and cultural identities keep tensions alive in post-war Sri Lanka
While Tamils in the northern province of Sri Lanka struggle ... of “ancient” Buddhist sites, Mahendran Thiruvarangan, an academic from the University of Jaffna and member of the Jaffna ...
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New documentary explores Sri Lanka’s Buddhist supremacy and minority communities
This article originally appeared on Groundviews, an award-winning citizen journalism website in Sri Lanka. An edited and shortened ... The identification of certain sites as Sinhala Buddhist sacred ...
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National Thai Pongal celebration to be held in Jaffna
The Ministry of Buddhism, Religious and Cultural Affairs has announced that the National Thai Pongal celebration will be held ...
Daily News23d
Sacred Roots of Sri Lankan Buddhism
More than 2,300 years ago, Theri Sanghamitta, the daughter of Emperor Ashoka, traveled from India to Sri Lanka ... sacred sites. Another milestone marked on Uduwap Poya is the establishment of the ...
The New Indian Express19d
Ethnic tensions rise in Sri Lanka as Tamil Hindus allege Sinhala-Buddhisisation of religious sites
JAFFNA/MULLAITIVU: In the Tamil-majority northern province of Sri Lanka, as a road turns uphill towards Old Chemmalai, near the scenic Nayaru Lagoon in Mullaitivu district, there stands a statue ...