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 ...

New Year, dear readers of the Funday Times! This week we’ll be taking a look at some of the rituals and traditions that make this time of year a special one in Sri Lanka. The Sinhala and Tamil New ...

As the first post war Sinhala and Tamil New Year dawns in Sri Lanka we at Daily Mirror online wish you all a peaceful, prosperous and joyous Avurudu and Puthandu Comments - 1 .

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The Gregorian Year is 365.2425 days long, and close to the Tropical year which in year 2000 was 365.242189 days. There is a slow precession of the axis of Earth rotation at an inclination of 23.5 ...

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 ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed officials to develop a formal program aimed at maintaining essential services and public services seamlessly during the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year ...

Srilanka, April 8 -- The Sapugaskanda Yoshida Pre-school celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year of 2025 on April 05 at the school premises. The event was conducted under the leadership of the ...

Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Greeting. Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC April 12, 2012 _____ On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United ...

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.