A Buddhist temple celebrated the start of its Lent with the unveiling of a newly paved road. Wat Sriratanaram Monastery on ...

After 14 years in hiding, when King Valagamba finally returned to reclaim his throne in Anuradhapura around 89 BCE, he paid ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — 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 ...

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past the main entrance of the Sri Lanka's Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte We use cookies to ensure you get the best ...

For centuries, barefoot pilgrims have walked through the arid jungles and lush forests of Sri Lanka’s east and south, ...

Following in the footsteps of elephants on a journey through wild eastern Sri Lanka Heading south east from the tea plantations of Sri Lanka’s highlands, vast tracts of jungle flow towards the ...

Moments captured with U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung, when she visited the Staten Island Hindu Temple in Castleton Corners on Friday, June 7, 2024. to meet with the Tamil American ...

Sri Lankan police have launched an investigation after a photograph allegedly showing the sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha surfaced on social media.

Princess Anne paid a visit to a sacred Buddhist temple as she kicked off the second day of her Sri Lankan tour to celebrate the UK's ties with the Commonwealth nation. The Princess Royal, 73, wore ...

A Thai elephant given to Sri Lanka in 2001 has returned to its birthplace after a diplomatic row over its alleged abuse.