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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...