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Shiva temple complex entrance Presidential Mansion Presidential Mansion The single-minded destruction of the last vestige Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...
Tamils in Sri Lanka have witnessed an escalation in the attack on Hindu temples in recent weeks, a trend that they note is part of the State’s “ongoing Sinhalisation project” in the island ...
Moments captured with U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung, when she visited the Staten Island Hindu Temple in Castleton Corners on Friday, June 7, 2024. to meet with the Tamil American community.
Last week, eight Tamil Hindu worshippers were arrested by Sri Lankan police while engaging in festival rituals and were detained for more than 10 days and allegedly abused.
On February 23, police and soldiers blocked Hindu worshippers from observing a festival at Kandasamy Murugan temple in Trincomalee district. A Sri Lankan human rights organization reported that ...
Known as Sri Lanka’s cultural heart, Kandy is known for its colonial-era architecture, Buddhist and Hindu temples, and the eponymous lake All photos by Charukesi Ramadurai My villa at Santani Wellness ...
Although the existing popular discourses on Hindu temple architecture in Sri Lanka link temple styles with the South Indian or Dravidian, the Jaffna examples from the colonial era exemplify a rupture.
Hindu population: Approximately 3.1 million Percentage of total population: 13.7% In Sri Lanka, most Hindus belong to the Tamil ethnic group, mainly living in the Northern and Eastern provinces.