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Everything to know before you go - Sri Lanka lures travellers with an impressive array: wildlife, history, exceptional food, ...
Earnest devotees of Kataragama by the thousands—hailing from all communities, not least Tamil Hindus—are undertook the annual ...
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 community.
On February 23, police and soldiers blocked Hindu worshippers from observing a festival at Kandasamy Murugan temple in Trincomalee district. A Sri Lankan human rights organization reported that ...
Many of us not aware of the fact that Thiruketheeswaram was one of the five recognized Eswarams of God Shiva in Sri Lanka long before the arrival of King Vijaya in 600 BC. The author elaborates on the ...
Although the existing popular discourses on Hindu temple architecture in Sri Lanka link temple styles with the South Indian or Dravidian, the Jaffna examples from the colonial era exemplify a rupture.
Hindu population: Approximately 3.1 million Percentage of total population: 13.7% In Sri Lanka, most Hindus belong to the Tamil ethnic group, mainly living in the Northern and Eastern provinces.