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ARCHITECTURAL SHOWPIECE: The main temple building of Kelaniya and the large white dagoba

A visit to the great temple of Kelaniya and its historic...

Our island is famous for its Buddhist art and architecture, particularly, the massive dagobas and Buddha statues in the ancient cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa. Yet, many visitors don’t realize that another impressive repository of Buddhist art and architecture beckon just ten kilometres outside Colombo along the Kandy Road.The temple of Kelaniya is one of the most...

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The Space Exhibition at University of Colombo, Faculty of Science

The unquenchable thirst, exploring the universe

Many technological advancements are in progress to traverse Mars...

Exploring the outer space has always been more of a tenacious work and it takes much of innovatory guts to come up with quests to skim through the cosmos. Even though we come across only a handful of inventions and experiments in line with Earth Science, every passing moment, the astronomers are constantly making newer attempts to traverse the universe. So in the...

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Mul Anduma changes over time

The regal attire, the Mul anduma is a symbol of the traditional heritage of the Kandyan kingdom.According to traditional beliefs Mul Anduma is the attire of God Dadimunda and thus it is regarded as the attire of the gods. It was with the advent of the South Indian royal dynasty Nayakkara that the Mul Anduma in its basic form came to the island. This was in 1702, during...

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Mediating on the Silent, Undying Darkness