Fire acrobats perform at a celebration during the Duruthu Perahera festival at a temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, on Jan 5, 2023. Photo:Xinhua Dancers perform at a celebration during the Duruthu ...

A woman offers prayers during the Poya Day in the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Sept. 20, 2021. Poya day is a monthly holiday in Sri Lanka, marking the full moon.(Photo: Xinhua ...

Chief Incumbent of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara. “Each year at Vesak, the temple gates are open for three days straight as uncountable numbers of people visit the temple.” The history of temple ...

(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been removed from a top post at the Kelaniya Temple. A proposal had been submitted to remove Wickremesinghe as the Chairman of the ...

It was a colorful send-off for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he wrapped up his two-day visit to Sri Lanka on Monday. Abe visited the historic Kelaniya temple on the outskirts of the ...

Abe, accompanied by his wife, spent 40 minutes at the Kelaniya Rajamaha ... paid tribute to a former Sri Lanka President Junius Jayewardene, who was cremated at the temple grounds in 1996.