is a Hindu Religious festival in honour of Lord Murugan. The festival is held each year sometime between the months of May and August, the auspicious date for the festival is usually announced 45...

at the Kataragama Shrine in the Deep South honours the God Katharagama worshipped by Budhists and Hindus with equal fervor and devotion. During the two-week festival, thousands of Hindu devotees bear...

In the Month of August on the days of the waxing moon prior to the Esala full moon the Bellanwill a temple located close to Colombo holds a colourful Perahera (Pageant) to the Buddha. The perahera...

On the full-moon day of August each year, the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha, encased in a golden casket, is taken in procession on the back of the temple elephant. The magnificent procession is in...

in June commemorates the conversion of Sri Lanka to Buddhism in the 3rd century BC. Illuminations and processions can be seen all over the country with the most impressive being at Mihintale. The...

is the main Buddhist religious festival in Sri Lanka that is on the full moon in May. Thus, Vesak is the first month of the Buddha Nirvana calendar. The Buddhists celebrate the triple anniversary of...

of the Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus in Sri Lanka coincides with the end of harvest. The New Year dawns with the transition of the sun from the house of Pisces to that of Aries, according to...

which culminates on the February full moon is a spectacle that has the certain participation of more than 100 caparisoned elephants brought from all over the island. Since 1979 (the year it was first...

or Procession celebrates the first visit of the Buddha to Sri Lanka in January at the sacred temple of Kelaniya near Colombo attracting hundreds of thousands of devotees and visitors. The colourful...

Traditional Sri Lankan festivals and pageants are held for religious or astrological reasons, with Buddhist and Hindu cultures sharing the same solar and lunar calendars. In addition, Buddhists...