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This web site consists of a brief information regarding Sri Lanka, the Lord Buddha, Buddhism, and Buddhist culture of Sri Lanka. You are invited to concentrate on pages regarding FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS, LORD BUDDHA, THOUGHTS OF LORD BUDDHA and WHATS NEW pages. Now you can send Sri Lankan Buddhist information to home page. Relevant news can be sent to Buddhist News and you can announce any Buddhist matter to everyone by sending announcements to Buddhist Activities. Buddhist events can be sent to Buddhist Events with corresponding times, dates, and locations. Your Buddhist web sites can be added to Buddhist Web Ring. Then you can make more visitors to your site.
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SRI LANKA - INTRODUCTION
HISTORY (CLICK HERE) The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 543 B.C., probably from northern India. The leader of that group, Wijaya was the first king of the country. His capital was Thammanna. Pandukabhaya ( 437 B.C. ) was the first king who selected Anuradhapura as the capital. Buddhism was introduced by Rev. Mahinda thero from India beginning in about the mid-third century B.C. when Devanampiyatissa was the king of the country, and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from 437 B.C. to 741 A.D.) and Polonnaruwa (from about 846 A.D. to 991 A.D.). There was a great revolution in cultural, social, economical and agricultural aspects under several kings due to Buddhism. Sri Lanka occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century, the island was ceded to the British in 1796 ( at the time duration of last king Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe who was the king of the capital Kandy ), became a crown colony in 1802, and was united under British rule by 1815. As Ceylon, it became independent on 4th February 1948; its name was changed to Sri Lanka in 1972. Most of the Sri Lankan people are Sinhala Buddhist. Sri Lanka is an agricultural country. The buddhist people have very good hospitality. They have a strong relationship among family members than people in western countries. They are very respectful to their parents, adults, teachers, priests. Old parents are looked after by their children. A buddhist never forget to go to the buddhist temple frequently. They start daily routines after worshipping the tripple gems ( the Lord Buddha, Dhamma, Priests ). Their important activities and insidences of life are associated with buddhist culture.
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SRI LANKA - GEOGRAPHY CLICK HERE for the map of Sri Lanka
Location : Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India CLICK HERE for the satellite image of Sri Lanka
Climate : tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)CLICK HERE TO ONLINE WEATHER FORCAST
highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
Irrigated land: 6,510 sq km (1998 est.)
Population: 19,905,165 CLICK HERE for the map of ethnic communities, religions, Population density, Land use and economic activity-1976
Ethnic groups: Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
Religions: Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)
Languages: Sinhala (official and national language) 74% CLICK HERE for Sinhala characters, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.3%
male: 94.8%
female: 90% (2003 est.)
Independence: 4th February 1948 (from UK)
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SRI LANKAN FLAG DESCRIPTION :
yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels By S. H. Nalaka Priyantha, 12th Batch, Faculty of Medicine, Ragama, Sri Lanka
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