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A portrait of Queen Victoria over the inner entrance door of the image house. The Kotte Raja Maha Vihara is mentioned in Aththaragama Bandara Rajaguru's book Vihara Asna (Nam Potha), a Kandyan period compiled book about the important Buddhist centers in Sri Lanka.
The term Chitrakathi is the conjunction of two words: chitra meaning picture and katha meaning story. With this application, a Chitrakathi is the one who narrates stories with a visual aid. Thereby, one can imagine the rich tradition behind this art. In tribal life, there is a long-standing tradition of Chitrakathi's paintings.
Katha (or Kathya) is an Indian style of religious storytelling, performances of which are a ritual event in Hinduism. It often involves priest -narrators ( kathavachak or vyas ) who recite stories from Hindu religious texts , such as the Puranas , the Ramayana or Bhagavata Purana , followed by a commentary ( Pravachan ).
Mahāvaṃsa (Sinhala: මහාවංශ (Mahāvansha), Pali: මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa)) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena of Anuradhapura.
Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha (translated as The Kaleidoscope Story of My Life) is an autobiography of Shantabai Kamble published in 1983. [1] This is considered the first autobiographical narrative by a Dalit woman writer. [2]
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Amma (Mother), Muthassi (Grandmother), and Mazhuvinte Katha (The story of the Axe) are some of her well-known works. [1] She was a recipient of many awards and honours, including the Padma Bhushan, [2] Saraswati Samman, Sahitya Akademi Award, and Ezhuthachan Award. [3] She was the mother of writer Kamala Surayya. [4]
Katha Upanishad, a Hindu sacred text; Katha (unit), a unit of measurement, largely obsolete in India and Bangladesh but still used in Nepal; Katha, a genus of tiger moths; Catechu, an extract of acacia, called katha in Hindi; Katha (NGO), a non-profit and non-governmental organisation based in Delhi Katha Books, a publishing house owned by ...