Parai drumming, a traditional art form, was elevated to the national stage when Velu Aasan, a master parai player, received ...

For centuries, barefoot pilgrims have walked through the arid jungles and lush forests of Sri Lanka’s east and south, ...

By Cynthia Shanmugalingam 10 May 2025 Courtesy of Cynthia Shanmugalingam Negombo For our first night in Sri Lanka we stayed in Negombo, my husband Joe’s home town and a bustling city close to the ...

Galle Fort, a Unesco World Heritage site on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, is a beautiful and well preserved gateway to the country’s colonial past and cultural richness. Built by the ...

Confidence in Sri Lanka as a destination is reflected in the ever-increasing visitor numbers – 2024 saw more than two million arrivals, a little shy of 2018’s 2.3 million peak, yet up a hefty ...

Within Gangaramaya is the ‘floating’ temple of Seema Malaka, the work of Sri Lanka’s celebrated architect, Geoffrey Bawa, created on three platforms on Beira Lake.

Deeply grateful to President Dissanayake, the people and Government of Sri Lanka for the warmth extended during my visit. Be it in Colombo or Anuradhapura, this visit has reaffirmed the deep ...

For years, Tamils in northern Sri Lanka have been protesting the illegal acquisition of their ancestral lands. A Buddhist temple, the Tissa Vihara, was built in 2018 on the site where a Hindu ...

The recently opened Pekoe Trail, which runs for more than 300km through tea plantations, villages and forests, tells the story of Sri Lanka's complex and chequered tea history.

The fascinating intersection of 19th-century Tamil Catholic art and architecture in Northern Sri Lanka is now on display at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, as part of the “Cultural Mosaic ...

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 waged by successive Colombo governments against ...