Inspired by what he had heard from friends about Buddhism, Hermann Acker from Oberndorf takes a leap of faith and gets ordained in Sri Lanka after listening to and meeting the Chief Incumbent of the ...
“Monks are we, O great King, disciples of the King of Truth.Out of compassion for you have we come from Jambudvipa” Thus spake Thera Mahinda to the King of Lanka after he had called out to him: “Tissa ...
The late President R. Premadasa selected the town of Mihintale in 1993 to stage the Gam-Udawa integrated development plan for Anuradhapura District. His intentions were two-fold. i.e. K. B Ratnayake ...
A two-kilometre new rail track from the Anuradhapura main Railway Station to the Mihintale junction will be constructed for direct train operations between Anuradhapura and Mihintale. The current rail ...
It is the mountain top where two thousand three hundred years ago, Lanka kept her tryst with destiny when a Sinhala king hunting deer for thrill and sport in the forest glade met an Indian Emperor’s ...
Over two million devotees had arrived in Anuradhapura and Mihintale on 04 June to take part in religious activities to mark the sacred Poson Poya day, Chairman of the Anuradhapura Poson Committee, ...
Archaeological officials in Sri Lanka say that treasure hunters have destroyed a historical Buddhist site in Mihintale, Anuradhapura. According to a complaint lodged at the police by archaeological ...
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