His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka visited Kenya to attend the One Planet Summit and the Fourth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly from 13 ...
Daily Archives: March 21, 2019
Ambassador Jayatilleka meets Dr. Natalia Narochnitskaya, the Head of the Foundation for Historical Outlook in Moscow
On March 19, 2019 H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, accompanied by Madame Sanja Jayatilleka, paid a ca ...
Celebrating the Tripitaka Week in Northern India
The High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi, in collaboration with Buddhist Organizations in India organised a series of events in several Buddhist centres in India to celebrate the Tripitaka Week from 16 – 23 Marc ...
Consul General visits Jingang Buddhist Temple in Guangzhou
At the invitation of the chief priest Ven. Shi Xinguang of Jingang Buddhist Temple, the Consul General of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou, Priyangika Dharmasena visited the temple on 19 March 2019. The 6th largest temple in Guan ...
Sri Lanka Consulate in Mumbai Organizes a Dhamma Talk to Commemorate the National Thripitaka Week
The Sri Lanka Consulate General in Mumbai organized a Dhamma Talk on 17 March 2019 to commemorate the National Thripitaka Week with the participation of Sri Lankans in Mumbai including Sri Lanka Navy trainees and the st ...
London Buddhist Vihara and Sri Lanka High Commission host scholarly forum on “The Significance of the Tripitaka as a World Heritage”
(From left: H E Manisha Gunasekera, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka; Dr. Elizabeth Harris, Department of Theology & Religion, University of Birmingham; Dr. Desmond Biddulph, President of the Buddhist Society in Lon ...
Thripitakabhivandana Week commences in the US with religious events at Washington Buddhist Vihara and Maryland Buddhist Temple
In keeping with President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to declare the Thripitakabhivandana Week from 16th – 23rd March 2019 to mark the declaration of the Theravada Thripitaka as a national and world heritage, the Em ...