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News Sri Lanka » Northern » Religion: Buddhist Vesak festival brings religions together in Sri Lanka

News channel or source: https://www.ucanews.com/news/buddhist-vesak-festival-brings-religions-together-in-sri-lanka/109006
Published on: Thursday 15 May 2025

The Buddhist Vesak festival celebrations in Sri Lanka have evolved into an interreligious affair, with more Hindus and Christians participating in the festivities, observers say. Christians and Hindus ...

News Sri Lanka » Northern » Religion: ANCIENT BUDDHIST HERITAGE IN THE NORTH SRI LANKA-AN EXCEPTIONAL PUBLICATION BY DR CHANNA JAYASUMANA

News channel or source: https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2026/07/08/ancient-buddhist-heritage-in-the-north-sri-lanka-an-exceptional-publication-by-dr-channa-jayasumana/
Published on: Tuesday 07 July 2026

ANCIENT BUDDHIST HERITAGE IN THE NORTH SRI LANKA is a book published in Sinhala which the author is planning to translate into English. The book consists of 40 cm by 30 cm 168 pages and is illustrated ...

News Sri Lanka » Northern » Religion: Special train services to Jaffna for Nallur Festival – Minister Bimal Rathnayake assures

News channel or source: https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Special-train-services-to-Jaffna-for-Nallur-Festival-Minister-Bimal-Rathnayake-assures/108-345693
Published on: Wednesday 15 July 2026

Minister of Highways and Transport Bimal Rathnayake has assured that the government is paying attention to providing special train and bus services during the Nallur and Madhu festival seasons, two of ...

News Sri Lanka » Northern » Religion: Growing up during Sri Lanka’s civil war taught me that getting along with people across divides is a virtue we can learn

News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2026/03/26/growing-up-during-sri-lankas-civil-war-taught-me-that-getting-along-with-people-across-divides-is-a-virtue-we-can-learn/
Published on: Thursday 26 March 2026

(The Conversation) — A scholar who studies the virtues that help people sustain relationships across faiths and cultures describes what being a child during the war taught him about practicing ...