The Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival 2003 is to be staged at the ... "The evening's entertainment line-up also includes popular couple Rookantha and Chandralekha, with a 16-piece band from ...

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 ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lankan Catholics took part in the country’s Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations along with Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims to enhance respect, peace and reconciliation.

Sri Lanka’s Aluth Avurudda, or Sinhala and Tamil New Year, unfolds in April. It’s a time when the harvest is brought in, and the sun moves from Pisces to Aries. Marking this astrological ...

This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows a platform before the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sinhala and Tamil New Year is one of Sri Lanka's ...