This was also the beginning of the Buddhist monastic order in Sri Lanka. Soon after the Buddha's teachings were ... designs signify "abundance", - the richness of all life. The entire Mihintale temple ...

There will be mostly sunny skies. The high will reach 30° on this humid day. Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard atmospheric pressure of 1,013.25 ...

Hiran was in Anuradhapura with his parents. They were on their way to Mihintale, for the Poson poya in June. Mihintale was very near Anuradhapura, on the Trincomalee road. Hiran and his parents were ...

Sri Lanka carried out a nationwide census Saturday of nuisance wildlife, including monkeys and peacocks, in a bid to prepare ...

The government has decided to provide state patronage to the Poson festival in Mihintale this year. A meeting to organize the Poson festival was held on Thurday(06) at Mihintale Rajamaha Vihara.

Our count was 227 toque monkeys and 65 purple faced langurs," Chaminda Dissanayake, an agriculture department bureaucrat who conducted the census at Anuradhapura's Mihintale area told AFP.

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Sri Lanka carried out ... department bureaucrat who conducted the census at Anuradhapura's Mihintale area told AFP. Opposition legislator Nalin Bandara ...