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Charting a new history, for a new future

By Uditha Devapriya For Sinhala nationalists, I daresay the history of Sri Lanka remains the history of the Sinhala people. This begs two questions: one, who are these Sinhala people, and two, where does their history begin? The typical nationalist response to these would be, first, that Sinhala people are those who form the majority […]

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Ridi Vihare: A temple and a book

Ridi Vihare: The Flowering of Kandyan Art Dr. SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda Stamford Lake Publications, 2006, pp. 210, Rs 3,750 Reviewed by Uditha Devapriya This is a fascinating study of one of the more fascinating Buddhist temples of Sri Lanka, authored by one of our foremost historians. The Ridi Vihare, or the ‘Silver Temple’, traces its history […]

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Historical origins of gardens in India

The egalitarian spaces run by municipalities today were once the preserve of aristocrats. Yet both were driven by the impulse to be closer to nature.

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LankaWeb – Sigiriya: Sri Lanka s ancient water gardens

LankaWeb – Sigiriya: Sri Lanka s ancient water gardens
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