The Kalutara Stupa, one of the few hollow stupas in the world, houses 74 murals, each depicting a different aspect of Buddha’s life. It is centred on a Bodhi tree (a sacred fig), one of the 32 ...

Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya to ordain hundred boys at Kalutara on May 03, to mark their 125th Anniversary. One hundred boys from various areas from the island are to be ordained as novice monks at ...

In addition, a special religious program will be held tomorrow at 7.00am at the historical Kalutara Bodhi to bless President Sirisena, the government and the people of the country. The land of the ...

A prayer service was also held on Thursday at the Kalutara Bodhi Tree for those who lost their lives and for those injured or missing. Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees queue to offer prayers during a ...

The Kalutara Bodhi Tree is deeply significant in Sri Lankan Buddhism. The prayers and offerings there are believed to offer spiritual solace to the deceased and swift recovery for the injured. Sri ...

The Bodhi tree (Ficus religiousa) at Kalutara, popularly known as the ‘Kalutara Bo-tree’, is believed to be one of 32 saplings miraculously sprang from fruits of the famous Sri Maha Bodhi – the Great ...

The city of Kalutara unlike other urbanised cities is redolent of the ancient Buddhist Sinhala culture. It is because of the most sacred Kalutara Bodhi encircled with the gold fence seemingly holding ...

Today the Kalutara Bodhi stands in all its glory as a fitting tribute to Sir Cyril’s generosity and the tremendous efforts he, as a devout Buddhist, had put into propagating the Dharma and making it ...

A person has reportedly been abducted by a crocodile near the Kalutara Bridge, close to the Kalutara Bodhi. A witness informed the Kalutara North Police that while standing on the bridge yesterday ...