It was due to the noble efforts of Emperor Ashoka that Sri Lankans received such a wonderful spiritual path, like Buddhism. Emperor Ashoka gifted both his son and the daughter to the Buddha Sasana, ...

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha last Saturday jointly inaugurated and handed ...

The Anuradhapura Municipal Commissioner declared the Anuradhapura sacred area as a rabies-free zone, assuring devotees that there is no need for concern, the Association of Veterinarians for ...

All the residents of the oldest city in the world should have the ability to work through the new digital network in order to make it a technologically advanced place. Our ministry has allocated the ...

Anuradhapura Sacred City was founded by Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike with the assistance of Nissanka Wijeyeratne, who was Government Agent of Anuradhapura District from 1958 to 1962.

Healthy city for wellbeing: Lessons from heritage city Anuradhapura View (s): This article illustrates, how urban agriculture and Buddhist concepts create a healthy city for physical and mental ...

A sacred city built around a tree In Sri Lanka, two ancient cities have always been—unfairly—compared: Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.

On her first visit to Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, artist Manisha Parekh was struck by the size of the stupas that dotted the sacred city. Gigantic white domes spread against the blue skies inspired ...

This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist ...