The temple had been built during the reign of King Parakaramabahu VI, who reigned from Kotte and the newly built ‘Makara Thorana’ had been built at a cost of Rs. 15 million with the generous financial ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited and offered prayers at a UNESCO World Heritage site in India. After arriving at Gaya International Airport on Tuesday, December 17 ...

PM Narendra Modi was honoured with Sri Lanka's highest civilian award, the Mitra Vibhushana, on Saturday during his three-day visit to the island nation.

Three individuals including two Buddhist monks have been arrested in connection with the theft of ancient relics from the upper-level Buddha shrine of the Karahampitigoda Khettarama ancient temple.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ends his two-day visit to Sri Lanka with a visit to a historic Buddhist temple on the outskirts of the capital Colombo. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Princess Royal pays her respects at Sri Lankan Buddhist temple Anne’s car and helicopter also kept away from the wicket after landing at the Asgiriya Police’s cricket wicket.

Dharma Reddy was scheduled to leave for Sri Lanka on March 2, but it was postponed to March 26 and later to March 29, due to some administrative reasons.

Veterinarians are preparing to airlift an Asian elephant from Sri Lanka back to its home country of Thailand this weekend after it spent more than two decades at a Buddhist temple where activists ...

IT took more than two weeks for 17 people to assemble a specially made Thorana at the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple in Brickfields.

The Princess Royal’s helicopter followed local protocol when it flew her to a Sri Lankan Buddhist temple – and avoided landing on a cricket wicket.

The Princess Royal’s helicopter followed local protocol when it flew her to a Sri Lankan Buddhist temple – and avoided landing on a cricket wicket. Anne travelled to the ancient place of worship in ...