The Aluth Pola, a pop-up market to raise funds for Justice for Animals, will be held today from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Body Bar, No. 3, Jawatte Avenue, Colombo 05. A variety of items will be ...

A festival celebrating all things Sri Lankan is taking over Liverpool this weekend. The Sri Lankan New Year — Aluth Avurudu in Sinhala and Puthandu in Tamil — is one of the country’s most ...

After Pongal and Ugadi, Indian restaurants are now catering to a diverse clientele by celebrating Asian and Southeast Asian New Years such as Thingyan, Songkran, and Nepal Sambat ...

The ‘Aluth Irai Avuruddai’ festival brought smiles to thousands of shoppers and their families, with Cargills Food City staff also enthusiastically taking part in the celebrations.

The Sinhala Aluth Avurudda or the Sinhalese New Year is celebrated in the month of Bak according to the traditional lunar calendar of the Sinhalese people. The name ‘Bak’ comes from the Sanskrit word ...

So the Aluth Avurudda appears to be in homage to the sun god, which is significant for an agrarian community. So the Aluth Avurudda is basically a harvest festival, a kind of thanksgiving to the sun, ...

The Sinhala and Tamil New year (Aluth Avurudda) falls in the month of April also known as Bak in Sinhala. The blooming of the red erabadu mal and the cry of the koha (Sri Lankan cuckoo) herald the ...

The ritual of Aluth Sahal Mangalyaya (New Rice Festival) was recently held at the Thalgahapotha Sri Pawaragiri Viharaya under the guidance of the Chief Incumbent of the Viharaya, Venerable Kekunawala ...

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The major risk of the water leak of the Aluth Divulwewa tank has been controlled and the vulnerable sections of the earthen bund near the South sluice have been reinforced with sandbags with the ...

Friday, 10 January 2025 - 19:50 The Galenbidunuwewa and Aluth Divulwewa tanks are reportedly at risk of collapsing, prompting urgent repairs and evacuations.