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 ...

Easter Sunday falls sometime between late March and late April and the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in middle of April. How and when were they defined? The Sun as seen by observers at sunrise does not ...

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 ...

New Year, dear readers of the Funday Times! This week we’ll be taking a look at some of the rituals and traditions that make this time of year a special one in Sri Lanka. The Sinhala and Tamil New ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) – Due to the country’s economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s New Year, which falls today, will be different this year. Called Aluth Avurudda in Sinhala and Puthandu in Tamil ...

Sinhala and Tamil new year celebrations in Gorey Civic Square; dancer, Dhammika Ranaweera. Sinhala and Tamil new year celebrations in Gorey Civic Square. Sinhala and Tamil new year celebrations in ...