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

The repetition of the same caste hierarchy even as recently as the 18th century, in the British / Kandyan period Kadayimpoth-Boundary books as well, indicates the continuation of the tradition right up to the end of Sri Lanka's monarchy.

The devil dances of Sri Lanka or " yakun natima " are a carefully crafted ritual with a history reaching far back into Sri Lanka's pre-Buddhist past.

* 1998 – A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills 8 people and injures 25 others.

The vessel was taken to Tiger-held territory in Sri Lanka's north instead of transporting it to its intended destination.

The youthful Muralitharan went from strength to strength, playing a major part in Sri Lanka's back-to-back Test victories against England and New Zealand in 1992 – 93.

Ranatunga was thoroughly convinced that Muralitharan's precocious talent would signal a new era in Sri Lanka's short Test history.

In Sri Lanka's humiliating drubbing at the hands of India in 1993 – 94, where all three Tests were innings defeats, Muralitharan was the sole success, with 12 wickets in the rubber.

In Sri Lanka's first triumph on foreign soil, Muralitharan confused the crease-bound New Zealanders on a grassy pitch in Dunedin.

Musharraf had left for a weekend trip to take part in Sri Lanka's Army's 50th-anniversary celebrations.

Sri Lanka's irrigation system was extensively expanded during the reign of Parākramabāhu the Great (

But on 14 February 1815, Kandy was occupied by the British, in the second Kandyan War, finally ending Sri Lanka's independence.

Sri Lanka's coastline is 1, 585 km long.

* Judicial: Sri Lanka's judiciary consists of a Supreme Court – the highest and final superior court of record, a Court of Appeal, High Courts and a number of subordinate courts.

Sri Lanka's climate includes tropical monsoons: the northeast monsoon ( December to March ), and the southwest monsoon ( June to October ).

More than 90 % of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years.

This area includes Sri Lanka's highest mountains.

Sri Lanka's rivers rise in the Central Highlands and flow in a radial pattern toward the sea.

Sri Lanka's climate can be described as tropical, and quite hot.

Sri Lanka's two major political parties – the United National Party ( UNP ) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP ) – embrace democratic values, international nonalignment, and encouragement of Sinhalese culture.

Sri Lanka's Human Development Index and literacy rate are among the highest in the South Asian region, and infant mortality is among the lowest.

Transportation in Sri Lanka is based mainly on the road network which is centered on Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.

Beach sands rich in heavy minerals, and offshore placer deposits are actively exploited by bordering countries, particularly India, South Africa, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

* Palk strait, between Tamil Nadu state in India and Sri Lanka, the location of Ram Sethu and rich in natural resources.

Art from Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka in gold, silver, bronze, stone, terracotta and ivory represents these rich and complex cultures, the displays span the 6th to 19th centuries.

One source says that, in the mid-fourteenth century, due to the threat of an epidemic, King U Thong moved his court south into the rich floodplain of the Chao Phraya on an island surrounded by rivers, which was the former seaport city of Ayothaya, or Ayothaya Si Raam Thep Nakhon, the Angelic City of Sri Rama.

With a recorded history of more than 2500 years Sri Lanka has a rich heritage.

This can be seen in countries like Sri Lanka where there is a rich Sinhala and Tamil cultural influence in the society.

He went to Almora where he was acquainted with a local rich man, Lala Badrilal Shah, who became a great admirer of the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.

Since ancient times, traders from all over the world who came to Sri Lanka brought their native cuisines to the island, resulting in a rich diversity of cooking styles and techniques.

Once a rich man named Sri rangan lived there, who had one and only daughter.

Having lived a full and rich life for 101 years and being satisfied with his work on earth, Swami Desika cast his tabernacle of flesh, praying to Udaiyavar ( Sri Ramanujacharya ) and Kidambi Appullaar by placing their Paadukas on his head.

Also known as Sri Jagadguru Tontadarya Sansthana Math, Dambal-Gadag, it has a rich history and tradition.

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 Chola navy played a vital role in the expansion of the Chola Tamil kingdom, including the conquest of the Sri Lanka islands, Kadaaram ( Present day Burma ), Sri Vijaya ( present day Southeast Asia ), the spread of Hinduism, Tamil architecture and Tamil culture to Southeast Asia and in curbing the piracy in Southeast Asia in 900 CE.

Sri Lanka has also been a center of the Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times, being the nation where the Buddhist teachings were first written down as well as the oldest continually Buddhist country.

Maldives has especially close relations with India and Sri Lanka, countries with which it shares much culture.

* Sinhalese New Year is celebrated in Sri Lankan culture predominantly by the Sri Lankan Sinhalese, while the Tamil New Year is celebrated by Sri Lankan Tamils.

With regard to culture, Ramkhamhaeng requested the monks from Sri Thamnakorn to propagate the Theravada religion in Sukhothai.

The act further broadened the scope of Sri Venkateswara Sishatachara Vidya Samstha ( renamed from Hindu Dharma Prathishthanam ) to include promotion of Hindu culture.

The importance of rice in Indonesian culture is demonstrated through the reverence of Dewi Sri, the rice goddess of ancient Java and Bali.

DeVotta characterizes his rhetoric as having four main points: "( i ) Praise – for Buddhism and the Sinhalese culture ; ( ii ) Blame – on the British imperialists, those who worked for them including Christians ; ( iii ) Fear – that Buddhism in Sri Lanka was threatened with extinction ; and ( iv ) Hope – for a rejuvenated Sinhalese Buddhist ascendancy " ( 78 ).

The Essence of Sri Lanka include what is unique to the country such as its people, art and culture, spices, tea, gems, handy crafts etc.

Category: Sri Lankan culture

The royal park Mahamegha was then set aside as the residence for Mahinda's party, and in later times became the Mahavihara, the earliest centre of Buddhist culture and scholarship Sri Lanka.

Telugu culture reached its zenith during the Vijayanagara rule under Sri Krishnadevaraya.

These names and derived versions are often used to name girls, and to a lesser extent boys, in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, as well as in many other countries influenced by Indic culture, like Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and Laos.

As with many significant historical and respected figures in Javanese culture, the name of a ruler is usually preceded by honorifics – in most cases the usage is of Sri Sultan before the name.

* Sri Lanka food recipes and culture

Other scholars have argued that the Andronovo culture proper formed too late to be associated with the Indo-Aryans of India, and that no actual traces of the Andronovo culture ( e. g. warrior burials or timber-frame materials ) have been found in India and Southern countries like Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

The British introduced tea culture into India in 1836 and into Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) in 1867.