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 ...

Sri Lankans celebrate the dawn of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year tomorrow (April 14) with great pomp amongst all festivals in Sri Lanka. “Aluth avurudda” in Sinhala and “Puthandu” in Tamil is ...

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 ...

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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 ...

As we celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year this year, a festival that symbolises the hope of both physical and spiritual renewal, our nation finds itself at a defining moment, achieving ...

The National Savings Bank (NSB) had organised a series of programmes for Sinhala and Tamil New Year. Prioritising our culture and traditions, these programmes included various activities for the ...

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year festival held in Ethiopia transcended all barriers of ethnicity, religion, race or political beliefs and it portrayed a true Sri Lankan identity uniting all Sri Lankans ...