Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year or Avurudu as it is known in Sinhala, is an important national holiday for both the Sinhala Buddhists and the Tamil Hindu communities of Sri Lanka. It is a holiday ...

The “Wasath Siriya 2023” celebration for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year organized by the President’s Office, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Public Administration will take place on ...

No Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations this year. To: From: Enter the verification code: See also. Forty years after Black July, remembering not allowed in Colombo 24/07/2023 18:02 ...

Sinhala and Tamil New Year. Sri Lanka’s Aluth Avurudda, or Sinhala and Tamil New Year, unfolds in April. It’s a time when the harvest is brought in, and the sun moves from Pisces to Aries.

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year festival held in Ethiopia transcended all barriers of ethnicity, religion, race or political beliefs and it portrayed a true Sri Lankan identity uniting all Sri Lankans ...