The Indiana Buddhist Temple transformed into a vibrant cultural hub as Americans and Sri Lankans came together to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in a joyful and spiritually uplifting event.

Last week, eight Tamil Hindu worshippers were arrested by Sri Lankan police while engaging in festival rituals and were detained for more than 10 days and allegedly abused.

Buddhist temple in Thayitti village, Jaffna. The temple was illegally built by the occupying Sri Lankan army on the private lands of 14 Tamil families, displaced in 1990 during the communal war ...