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Gananath Obeyesekere is emeritus professor of anthropology at Princeton University and has done much work in his home country of Sri Lanka.His research focuses on psychoanalysis and anthropology and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience, in addition to the European exploration of Polynesia in the 18th century and after, and the implications of these voyages ...
Demons are believed to spring into existence, fully grown (known as opapatika in the Pali language) rather than being given birth by a mother. [2] However, some demons, like the Kola Sanni Yaka have been born to human parents and later become demons. [3]
Dedimunda Deviyo (also known as Dedimunda Dewatha Bandara Sinhala: දැඩිමුණ්ඩ දෙවියෝ) is a deity, worshiped by Sinhalese Buddhist people in Sri Lanka. He is considered as a guardian deity of Buddha Śāsana in the country.
Seenigama devalaya, a shrine consecrated to God Devol, located in a small island in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Seenigama Devalaya , situated in Seenigama , Hikkaduwa is a popular shrine dedicated to Devol deviyo, which is the destination of people who comes to make offerings to the deity. [ 3 ]
The ITN broadcast coverage extends to 99% of the island of Sri Lanka. [3] [4] [5] The ITN channel is the flagship television channel of ITN Ltd. ITN further operates three FM radio stations; Lakhanda (Former ITN FM), the Sinhala language service; Vasantham FM, the Tamil language service and Prime Radio, the English language service.
"Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults" (Max) In 1997, 39 members of Heaven’s Gate , a celibate religious sect, died in a mass ritual suicide timed to the approach of the Hale-Bopp Comet.
Historians attribute the introduction of goddess Pattini to the island to Gajabahu I, a Sinhalese king who ruled Sri Lanka from 113-135. As per some historians, the Cilappatikaram mentions Gajabahu's presence at the consecration of a temple to Kannagi (identified as Pattini in this case) by the Chera king Cenkuttuvan .
The British Government in London recalled from the service the British Colonial Governor Sir Thomas Maitland (British Army officer) perhaps because of a rumored relationship with a Ceylonese untouchable Rodiya Caste (though normally said to be Sinhalese) dancing girl named Lovina Alfonso. Rodiya people were heavily involved in Sri Lankan ...