Sri Lanka Insurance Life has proudly continued its tradition of sponsoring the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival, a vibrant and historic celebration held annually in the sacred city of Kandy. The festival ...

Dancers perform during a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 10, 2024. The Esala Perahera, one of the grandest Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, is observed ...

Kandy comes alive during the month of August as the historic ‘Esala Perahera’, one of the oldest and grandest Cultural Festivals in Sri Lanka, perhaps, in the world, takes to the streets on 30th July, ...

A consecrated young jackfruit tree is chopped and planted in the grounds of each of the four Devales devoted to the four guardian gods—Natha, Vishnu, Katharagama, and the goddess Pattini—at the start ...

Central Environmental Authority Project Director Pilisaru BandulaSarath Kumara being handed over a token contribution of recycled garbage collection bags for the Urumaya CSR project by Kanrich Finance ...

The annual Kandy Esala procession commenced yesterday with the first Kumbal Perahera. The first of the five Kumbal processions began parading from the Sri Dalada Maligawa at 7.10 p.m. The Diywadana ...

Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s #1 connectivity provider, has reaffirmed its dedication to preserving and honouring the nation’s diverse cultural and religious legacy through its ongoing support of the ...

A “perpetual fire-laughing motion among the slow shuffle of elephants”: this is what D.H. Lawrence once said about Sri Lanka’s Esala Perahera, the nation’s biggest and one of the world’s oldest ...

An elephant is seen during the Kandy Esala Perahera festival in front of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 3, 2020. (Photo by A.Hapuarchchi /Xinhua) Elephants are ...

Dancers, jugglers, musicians, fire-breathers and lavishly decorated elephants are all part of the pageantry during the Kandy Esala Perahera festival, the oldest and largest Buddhist festival in Sri ...