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eLanka Newsletter –23 May 2021 – 4th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “THE RAREST OF THE RARE” Winter is here and here is how the Sri Lankan Community is warming up after long months of enforced hibernation! NSW Community Engagement Update – 21 May 2021 Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo – One year and counting…. Taste of Sri Lankan food your mother cooked for you!- Dr Harold Gunatillake Intelligent Composable Businesses: How COVID-19 is reshaping businesses By Aditya Abeysinghe Cricket Australia – FIXTURE ANNOUNCEMENT: 2021-22 Season – Full men’s and women’s international schedule for 2021-22 season announced, featuring England, India, Afghanistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka Sri Lankan gets top healthcare post in Australia-New Zealand A No Holds Barred Read That is Thoughtful and Thought Provoking By Minali De Silva A No Holds Barred Read That is ...

May 23, 2021 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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Reinforcing 74 years of Australia and Sri Lanka diplomacy  By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Australia and Sri Lanka have a robust and enduring bilateral relationship of 74 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations in May 1947. The Asia Pacific Nation and South Asian Island have close foreign relations from May 1947 to date.  In 1946, the Federal Minister for External Affairs, Commerce and Agriculture recommended to the Australian Parliament that Australia should be represented by a Commissioner in *Ceylon, as there was a likelihood of Ceylon being granted independence after India. Thus, in 1947, Mr. Charles William Frost, a Tasmanian ex-Labor Member of Parliament was posted as Australia’s first Commissioner to Ceylon.  Sri Lanka also set up a High Commission in Canberra, Australia and Mr. J.A. Martensz, an appointed Member of the First Parliament of Ceylon assumed duties as the first High Commissioner of Ceylon in Canberra, Australia. With the ...

May 8, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter –02 May 2021 – 1st edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “EGGS” (FREE RANGE) – By Des Kelly Sinhala and Tamil New year celebration event ‘Sunfest 2021’ “GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TRIVIA” Robots in Supermarkets: A self-assistant culture or invasion of consumer privacy? By Aditya Abeysinghe SRI LANKA NEWS – (APRIL 2021) – Compiled by Victor Melder Watch Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2nd Cricket test International Women’s Day Celebration at Swathi Women’s Inspiration Group CELEBRATING THE EARTH DAY 2021: THE VOICE OF THE NEXT GENERATION – 22nd April 2021 Pat Cummins speaks to WION Is there a relief for Parkinson,s Disease-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Strategic geopolitical relevance of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean Region By Arundathie Abeysinghe Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo KTravel to Sri Lanka ​ KIF – by RUDYARD KIPLING​   JKSB : STOCK MARKET ...

May 2, 2021 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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Kudumbigala Forest Hermitage – Sri Lanka’s first Buddhist Monastery By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Dating back to 246 BC, the era of King Devanampiyatissa (247 BC – 207 BC), Kudumbigala Forest Hermitage is the first Buddhist Monastery built for Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka and has immense historical value. The Monastery is also known as “Chetiya Pabbatha” and is home to the only cylindrical dagoba (stupa) in Sri Lanka. According to scholars, this is the only dagoba in Sri Lanka that had been built according to Dhammachakka Stupa in Saranath in India.  This brick dagoba is the only remaining structure, whereas the other dagobas which had existed in the past have been destroyed over the years. Situated in Panama about an hour’s drive from *Arugam Bay in the southernmost corner of the Eastern Province, sprawled across 6000 acres of a rocky outcrop and in a picturesque setting in Kudumbigala Forest, this ...

Apr 23, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged , , , , ,
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Kuragala – pre-historic archaeological site in the Intermediate Zone By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Dating back to the 2nd century BC, Kuragala is a pre-historic archaeological site with ruins of an ancient Buddhist Cave Temple Complex. Located on the *Balangoda – Kaltota Road approximately 24 kilometers from Balangoda town, Kuragala is derived from “hollow rock” in Sinhala. According to historians, during the Anuradhapura Kingdom, Kuragla was known as ‘Thanduleika pabbatha’ and ‘Daththa shaila pabbatha’. Later, it had been known as “Kuharagala” from which the present Kuragala has derived. According to archaeologists, Kuragala is the oldest archaeological site in the *Intermediate Zone. According to archaeological evidences, Kuragala had been inhabited by humans dating to pre-historic period. During the excavations carried out by archaeologists, they have found fossilized bone fragments, remains of a human skeleton dating more than 8000 years and stone stools. There is also evidence that humans who lived in Kuragala ...

Apr 9, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged , , ,
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Badulla Pillar Inscription – Sri Lanka’s largest pillar inscription By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Badulla Pillar Inscription also known as Sorabora Wewa Pillar Inscription is the largest Pillar Inscription with the smallest letters found in Sri Lanka with a height of 2.43 meters.  The Pillar Inscription carved on a rock surface contains 203 lines and about 2000 mediaeval Sinhala scripts belonging to the era of King Udaya IV (946-954). Badulla Pillar Inscription had been found by Jone Belli, British Deputy Agent for *Badulla in 1857 about 4.8 kilometers towards north east of Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya (an ancient Buddhist Temple in *Mahiyangana) and in close proximity to *Soraborawewa.  Initially, the Pillar Inscription had been placed at the *kachcheri in Badulla. Later, it has been placed at Senarath Paranavithana Memorial Library of Badulla, the present location, due to conservation purposes. According to archaeologists, the inscription has described about the king’s orders about ...

Mar 24, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged , , , , ,
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Urban Forest Park in Colombo City – symmetrical manifestation By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Encompassing a network of verdant vistas with trees planted sporadically, water parks and a space to dine within magnificent greenery, Galle Face Urban Forest Park and the Beira Lake Open Air Restaurant is an urban oasis adorning the landscape of Colombo City that was declared open recently. As there are plants and trees intermittently in the Urban Forest Park with vistas of Beira Lake and the cool breeze, dining is within verdant vegetation. Spread within two acres in the heart of Colombo City, the Forest Park and the Open Air Restaurant is indeed a cynosure of all eyes. Situated in Scout Road which runs across Galle Face Road, along the Beira Lake, the Urban Forest Park is a symmetrical manifestation of trees and foliage. The corridor at the center of the Forest Park made of red beams ...

Mar 22, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged , , , ,
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Robert Knox Memorial – tribute to a British Traveler By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Located at Eladatte in Lagundeniya about 12 kilometers from Gampola town, this memorial is a tribute to *Robert Knox who lived in *Ceylon for almost 20 years as a captive of *King Rajasinghe II, the ruler of the Kandyan Kingdom.  Robert Knox was an English Sea Captain who served in the British East India Company. In 1659, when the ship he was sailing had a malfunction and landed in Ceylon, he was captured by King Rajasinghe II along with 15 other sailors and they were prisoners of the Kandyan Kingdom till he finally escaped to England (present United Kingdom) in 1680. Although, he was in captivity, the King had treated him well and he had been given land as well as houses to live in various places with almost unrestricted mobility within the Kandyan Kingdom. He had ...

Mar 15, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged , , , , , ,
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Crocodile Rock – archaeological site in Arugam Bay By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Situated in Arugam Bay in East Coast of Sri Lanka, a surfers’ paradise, Crocodile Rock is also known as “Elephant Rock”, according to many tourists. The site is known as “Crocodile Rock” due to its elongated ‘snout’ shape. In reality, the name is derived due to mugger crocodiles that access this site via the adjoining Heda Oya (Oya meaning stream in Sinhala). At times, there are mugger crocodiles basking in the sun on Crocodile Rock. Situated around 320 kilometers east of Colombo adjacent to the Indian Ocean, Arugam Bay is one of the best surfing sites in the world. Crocodile Rock is situated at the river mouth where Heda Oya falls to the sea, towards east of *Sastrawela Mani Naga Pabbatha Viharaya. The area of Crocodile Rock is a popular beginner as well as intermediate surfing site.  Crocodile ...

Mar 14, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged , , , , ,
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Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens – evolution of Sri Lankan economy By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Situated in close proximity to Gampaha town and Gampaha Railway Station in Gampaha -Minuwangoda Road about 32 kilometers from Colombo, Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens also known as Gampaha Botanical Gardens was opened in 1876.  Surrounded by paddy fields, the picturesque water stream (Attangalu Oya) and a secondary forest, the Gardens has a large collection of tropical flower plants, an extensive collection of palms, orchids, endemic trees, properly designed shrubs, bushes and trees as well as a well-landscaped garden layout. Plants from every corner of Sri Lanka can be found in the Gardens. The Gardens is linked to the evolution of Sri Lankan economy as the first imported rubber tree to Sri Lanka was first planted in the Gardens from the first imported seedlings of Brazilian rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) planted in Asia. According to legends, British Explorer Sir ...

Mar 9, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged , , , , ,
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