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 ...

I wanted to recapture innocent joy by recollecting how Easter was commemorated and the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrated. My sibling and I were fortunate in having a mother who insisted on ...

Sri Lankans across the country marked the Sinhala -Tamil New Year with religious and traditional events. With the dawn of the New Year earlier in the day and other auspicious times large numbers ...

Sri Lanka’s Aluth Avurudda, or Sinhala and Tamil New Year, unfolds in April. It’s a time when the harvest is brought in, and the sun moves from Pisces to Aries. Marking this astrological ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lankan Catholics took part in the country’s Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations along with Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims to enhance respect, peace and reconciliation.

The Police, together with the health authorities, are to issue a set of guidelines to the public ahead of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG ...

President Pays Homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic and Receives Blessings from the Chief Prelates of Malwathu and Asgiriya Chapters President Anura Kumara Disanayake announced that a special exposition ...

On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to Sri Lankans around the world as you celebrate Sinhala and Tamil New Year. This celebration ...

Sinhala and Tamil New Year was celebrated in Port Moresby city with the participation of Sri Lankans community in Papua New Guinea. This event was organised by the Sri Lanka Papua New Guinea ...