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Most of the musician in Sri Lanka have come out with their own creations The temple paintings and carvings used birds, elephants, wild animals, flowers and trees. The colors were made of nature. The traditional 18 dances display the dancing of birds and animals. Mayura Wannama – The dance of the peacock.
University of Colombo, University of San Diego School of Law, Zahira College, Colombo. Saleem Marsoof, PC is a Sri Lankan judge and lawyer. He is a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and former President of the Court of Appeal. [ 1] He is also a non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Fiji .
Sri Lanka Police ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පොලීසිය, romanized: Śrī Laṁkā Polīsiya; Tamil: இலங்கை காவல், romanized: Ilaṅkai Kāval) is the civilian national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The police force is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic ...
Career. Thurairaja qualified as an attorney-at-law in 1988 and joined the Attorney General's Department in 1989. [4] He rose up the ranks to become Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor General and Additional Solicitor General. [5] [6] [7] He was a high court judge in Fiji. [8] [9] He was appointed President's Counsel in 2016.
Sri Lanka Army 50th Anniversary Medal. 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal. Ranjith Premasiri Madalana alias "Nero" was a decorated Sri Lanka Army sniper with 217 confirmed LTTE kills during the Sri Lankan Civil War. [1] He was killed on 28 April 2009, 20 days before the end of the conflict. [2]
Dambulla is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. The rock towers 160 m over the surrounding plains. There are more than 80 documented caves in the surrounding area. Major attractions are spread over five caves, which contain statues and paintings. These paintings and statues are related to Gautama Buddha and his life ...
Kandy Esala Perahera. The Kandy Esala Perahera (the Sri Dalada Perahara procession of Kandy) also known as The Festival of the Tooth is a festival held in July and August in Kandy, Sri Lanka. This historical procession is held annually to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy.
According to Paranavithana, during this period over 75 ships carrying Murundi soldiers from Mangalore arrived in Sri Lanka and landed in Chilaw to protect King Dathusena, most of them Christians. King Dathusena's daughter was married to Migara, a Christian and the commander of the Singhalese army. [7] [8]