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 ...

An Ayurvedic almanac, including auspicious times related to New Year rituals, in Sinhala and Tamil languages, has been distributed by the National Savings Bank from April 7.