* 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.

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.

The main holy scriptures of the Sikhs is called the Guru Granth Sahib.

On the day of the cremation, the body is taken to the Gurdwara or home where hymns ( Shabads ) from the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Scriptures are recited by the congregation, which induce feeling of consolation and courage.

The ceremony in which the Sidharan Paath is begun after the cremation ceremony, may be held when convenient, wherever the Guru Granth Sahib is present:

A hukam, or random verse, is read from the Guru Granth.

Guru Meditation is an error notice displayed by early versions of the Commodore Amiga computer when they crashed.

When a Guru Meditation is displayed, the options are to reboot by pressing the left mouse button, or to invoke ROMWack by pressing the right mouse button.

In most cases, it is possible to resume work and save files after a Recoverable Alert, while a normal, red Guru Meditation always results in an immediate reboot.

The name Gurmukhi is derived from the Old Punjabi term " guramukhī ", meaning " from the mouth of the Guru ".

This theory is confusing as Gurmukhi characters have a very close resemblance with " Siddh Matrika " inscriptions found at some sacred wells in Punjab as G. B Singh notes, one being the hathur inscription dating to just before the brith of Guru Nanak.

The opinion given by traditional scholars for this is that as the Sikh holy writings, before they were written down, were uttered by the Gurus, they came to be known as Gurmukhi or the " Utterance of the Guru ".

However, the prevalent view among Punjabi linguists is that as in the early stages the Gurmukhī letters were primarily used by Gurmukhs, literally those who follow or face the Guru, the script came to be associated with them.

It is unclear that Jahangir even understood what a Sikh was, referring to Guru Arjun as a Hindu, who had " captured many of the simple-hearted of the Hindus, and even of the ignorant and foolish followers of Islam, by his ways and manners ... for three or four generations ( of spiritual successors ) they had kept this shop warm.

" The trigger for Guru Arjun's execution was his support for Jahangir's rebel son Khusrau Mirza, yet it is clear from Jahangir's own memoirs that he disliked Guru Arjun before then: " many times it occurred to me to put a stop to this vain affair or bring him into the assembly of the people of Islam.

" Jahangir ordered his execution, but it is unlikely that he also ordered Guru Arjun to be tortured and converted, for two reasons ; one, because we have no other examples from Jahangir's generally tolerant reign to support the idea that he forced people to convert to Islam, and two, because Jahangir makes no note of Guru Arjun's torture, yet cheerfully describes the torture of two other rebels, as well as Guru Arjun's execution.

It is often said that the 1430 pages of the Guru Granth Sahib are all expansions on the Mul Mantra.

However there is a strong case for arguing that the Guru Granth Sahib teaches monism due to its non-dualistic tendencies:

The Sikh gurus have described God in numerous ways in their hymns included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhism, but the oneness of the deity is consistently emphasized throughout.

God is described in the Mool Mantar, the first passage in the Guru Granth Sahib, and the basic formula of the faith is:

The Guru Granth Sahib also says that Bhagat Namdev and Bhagat Kabir, who were both believed to be Hindus, both attained salvation though they were born before Sikhism took root and were clearly not Sikhs. This highlights and reinforces the Guru's saying that " peoples of other faiths " can join with God as true and also at the same time signify that Sikhism is not the exclusive path for liberation.

According to Article I of the " Rehat Maryada " ( the Sikh code of conduct and conventions ), a Sikh is defined as " any human being who faithfully believes in One Immortal Being ; ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak Dev to Sri Guru Gobind Singh ; Sri Guru Granth Sahib ; the teachings of the ten Gurus and the baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru ; and who does not owe allegiance to any other religion ".

Passages from the Guru Granth Sahib ( the holy book of Sikhs, also known as the Adi Granth ) say that it is " foolish " to argue for the superiority of animal life, because though all life is related, only human life carries more importance: " Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not.

* The Sikh Holy Scripture Guru Granth Sahib is compiled and edited by Guru Arjan.

In Sikhism, worship takes place after the Guru Granth Sahib, which is the work of the 10 Sikh Gurus all in one.

The evil of egotism is within it. Sri Guru Granth Sahib M3 Guru Amar Das

Vamana is discussed in the Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred text of Sikhism.

On page 1330 of the Guru Granth Sahib, Vamana is mentioned as the " enticer " of Baliraja.

Gauri is an India musical raga that appears in the Sikh tradition from northern India and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called Sri Guru Granth Sahib ( SGGS.