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 ...

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival 2003 is to be staged at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium today. The event - staged every year since 1979, even before Sri Lanka had an official embassy or ...

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 ...

People play a traditional game to celebrate the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 8, 2025. Sri Lanka's Sinhala and Tamil New Year falls on April 14 this year ...