Holistic Education for Integral Human Development
April 28, 2020
Buddhists have commemorated the Full-moon day of the Wesak month as a centuries-old tradition after the passing-away of the Buddha. It was only in March 1885 that this day was declared an official holiday in Sri Lanka by the British […]
April 1, 2020
The Buddhist Flag was first hoisted in Sri Lanka on Wesak Day, 28 April 1885, when the country was still under British colonial rule. At that time, the majority Sinhalese Buddhist population felt discriminated against by the colonial authorities when […]