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Even today Kandyan jewellery sets are auctioned off at the best auction houses in the United Kingdom and Europe with a throatlet and necklaces being valued at £5000 to £8000 and the entire sets being sold for prices ranging from £50,000 to £200,000 depending on the design and antiquity of the sets. In Sri Lanka these sets are available on a ...
Softlogic Life Insurance was added to the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index when an ad hoc index rebalancing occurred due to Commercial Leasing and Finance merging with LOLC Finance in March 2022. [11] Softlogic Life is one of the LMD 100 companies in Sri Lanka. The company was ranked 60th in the 2021/22 edition of the list.
Softlogic Holdings PLC is a diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka engaged in ICT, healthcare, retail, financial services, automobiles and leisure. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History
A cross necklace is any necklace featuring a Christian cross or crucifix as its pendant. [ 1 ] Crosses are often worn as an indication of commitment to the Christian faith , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and are sometimes received as gifts for rites such as baptism and confirmation .
Anuradhapura cross: A symbol of Christianity in Sri Lanka. Nordic cross/Scandinavian cross ... Cross necklace: A small cross or crucifix worn as a pendant on a necklace.
The company started when Otara Gunewardene began selling factory surplus garments and apparel from her car boot to family and friends in 1989. [5] [6] [7]Gunewardene registered Odel (the name is based on her own name, Otara Del Gunawardene [5]) as a private limited liability company on 31 October 1990 [7] [8] and the company opened its first 37 m 2 (400 sq ft) store on Dickmans Road in Colombo.
In 2005, a mother accused her daughter's school in Derby, England, of discriminating against Christians after the teenager was suspended for refusing to take off a crucifix necklace. [33] In 2008, a chapel in a prison in England replaced its crucifix and static altar with a cross and portable altar when it was renovated as a multi-faith chapel ...
It is usually a necklace with black beads strung from a black or yellow thread prepared with turmeric. Sometimes gold, white or red beads are also added to the mangala sutra, depending on regional variation. The necklace serves as a visual marker of marital status. [2] The tying of the mangala sutra is a common practice in India, Sri Lanka, and ...