In Tamil Nadu, in the courtyard of Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple ( Srirangam ), there is a Dhanvantari Temple where daily worshiping of the deity is performed.

Gnanaguru Sri Muralidhara Swamigal is the Founder of this Danvantri Arogya Peedam wherein Lord Dhanvantari is the presiding deity with 45 other unique deities in this Danvantri Arogya Peedam

* 1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.

* 2005 – Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.

In Sri Lanka, it is called " koora thampala ".

In Sri Lanka the division of an acre into 160 perches or 4 roods is common.

* 1993 – Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.

Sri Lankan astrology is largely based on Hindu astrology with some modifications to bring it in line with Buddhist teachings.

* 2006 – A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger ( known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF ).

The ancient Jetavanaramaya stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is one of the largest brick structures in the world.

Particularly common law is in England where it originated in the Middle Ages, and in countries that trace their legal heritage to England as former colonies of the British Empire, including India, the United States, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Canada, Malaysia, Ghana, Australia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, New Zealand, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Cyprus, Barbados,

The Territory of the Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka.

This principle of having a superior taste depicted in Bhagavad-Gita as param dristva nivartate is clearly expressed by the great Saint Sri Yamunacharya:

Curry () ( plural, Curries ) is a generic term primarily employed in Western culture to denote a wide variety of dishes originating in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Thai or other Southern and Southeastern Asian cuisines, as well as New World cuisines influenced by them such as Trinidadian or Fijian.

The census in Sri Lanka is carried out by the Department of Census and Statistics every 10 years, with the next one being planned for 2011.

The Caste system in Sri Lanka is a division of society into strata, influenced by the classic Aryan Varnas of North India and the Dravida Jāti system found in South India.

Gurmukhi is the ecclesiastical script of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the eternal Guru of the Sikhs.

A South Asian version of a harp known in Tamil as a ' yaal ' (' ய ா ழ ்'), is the symbol of City of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, whose legendary root originates from a harp player.

In South Africa's next Test series against Sri Lanka Cronje scored his second Test century, 122 in the second Test in Colombo ; the victory margin of an innings and 208 runs is a South African record.

International tourism is a significant factor in the local economy of Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Réunion, Hawaii and the Maldives, among others.

* 1995 – The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.

This is the Gurbani's ( Sri Guru Granth Sahib ) law of karma.

Sri Ramana Maharshi mentioned that the kundalini energy is nothing but the natural energy of the Self, where Self is the universal consciousness ( Paramatma ) present in every being, and that the individual mind of thoughts cloaks this natural energy from unadulterated expression.

( In Sri Lanka Sri Lanaka Library Association's Library and Information Science ) However, if there is a lack of qualified applicants, particularly in rural areas of the country, a person with an Associate Degree, a Certificate in Library Technology, or a Bachelors Degree in Library Science may be performing these duties.

Shri Rudram is also known as Sri Rudraprasna,, and Rudradhyaya.

Bangklanghao ruled Sukhothai as Sri Indraditya – and began the Phra Ruang Dynasty-he expanded his primordial kingdom to the bordering cities.

The opening hymn of the holy Sri Guru Granth Sahib expounds the nature and attributes of God:

People worship a God on each day, the 12th day ( Vaishakha Dwadashi ) is dedicated to Lord Sri Maha Vishnu in the form of Madhava.

The Sri Guru Granth Sahib informs “ Remember in meditation the Almighty Lord, every moment and every instant ; meditate on God in the celestial peace of Samadhi .” ( p 508 ).

As a spiritual Master, he advocated meditation, chanting mantras and prayers, performing dedicated service to God as a way to personal enlightenment, or God-realisation as described by Eastern religions, including Sri Aurobindo's spiritual teaching.

It is sincerely believed by the Vaishnavism a sect of ancient Vedic Hindu religion, that Aadi Sesha the divine snake over which God Vishnu resides took incarnation as Lakshmana, later as the great Vaishnavaitic saint and philosopher Sri Ramanuja, later once again as Sri Manavala Mamunigal as he is the embodiment of ultimate service to lord Almighty Sriman Narayana

He preached Dvaita, which says that God and atma ( soul ) are different entities, which is contradictory to the teachings of Sri Adi Sankaracharya, who preached Advaita vedanta ( non-duality ).

Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Kamakhsi tai grant to the innumerable devotes their desires, as their God head.

Linguistically, however, " Eckankar " derives from Ekankār or Ik Oankār ( Sanskrit Eka Omkāra ), a name for God given by Guru Nānak and the very first word of the Mūl Mantra ( recited everyday by Sikhs ), the Japjī Sahib, and the Sri Guru Granth Sahib ( Sikh holy scriptures ).

Other former ECKists and their groups, like Sri Michael Owens's " The Way of Truth: Path to God Realization "; Sri Michael Turner's " Yahoo group "; Sri Gary Olsen's " MasterPath "; ex-6th initiate Jerry " Sur Toma " Mulvin's THE DIVINE SCIENCE OF LIGHT AND SOUND ; and Evan Pritchard ( author, From the Temple Within ) could be seen as individuals and organizations that maintain Eckankar-like cosmogonies.

* Assemblies of God in Sri Lanka

In his influential 1896 essay " A real mahatma: Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa Dev " and his 1899 book Râmakrishna: His Life and Sayings, the German philologist and Orientalist Max Müller portrayed Ramakrishna as " a wonderful mixture of God and man " and as "... a Bhakta, a worshipper or lover of the deity, much more than a Gñânin or a knower.

In the 16th century during Sri Vaadiraja's administration, Kanakadasa an ardent believer of God came to Udupi to worship Lord Krishna.

This ultimate reality can be called " Spirit " ( Sri Aurobindo ), " Brahman " ( Shankara ), " God ", " Shunyata " ( Emptiness ), " The One " ( Plotinus ), " The Self " ( Ramana Maharshi ), " The Dao " ( Lao Zi ), " The Absolute " ( Schelling ) or simply " The Nondual " ( F. H. Bradley ).

Though he was a Hindu monk and was hailed as the first Hindu missionary in modern times, he exhorted his followers to be true to their faith but respect all religions of the world as his Guru Sri Ramakrishna had taught that all religions are pathways to God.

* Extracts from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji ( Sikh Holy Scriptures ), " There is only the One Supreme Lord God ; there is no other at all " ( Pannaa 45 ).

' Sahaj ' is also used for the Lord Himself when Third Guru says in Sri Rag Asatpadi ( SGGS: p. 68 ), " Alway O ' always eulogize ' sahaj ' ( God )"

Sri Chaitanayadev had defined devadasis as ' Sebaets ' who served God through dance and music.

* There is another rare temple with God Siva along with God Dhanwanthari named Sri Rudra Dhanwanthari temple, pulamanthol of ashtavaidyan pulamanthole moss.

Thus while his life was spent in the worship of God and service of humanity, his spiritual guru, Sri Sudheendra Theertharu, was looking for a successor to his mutt.

* God lived with them: Life stories of sixteen monastic disciples, by Swami Chetanananda, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, ISBN 81-7505-189-1