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Pirivena. A pirivena (plural: piriven) is a monastic college for the education of monks in Sri Lanka. In ancient time, they were also centers of secondary and higher education for lay people. As of 2018, 753 piriven have been founded and maintained by the Ministry of Education. [1] Young monks undergo training at these piriven prior to their ...
Royal College, Colombo ( Sinhala: රාජකීය විද්යාලය, Tamil: ரோயல் கல்லூரி also known as; Royal Colombo, [ 1 ][ 2 ]Colombo Royal College[ 3 ] or Colombo Royal[ 4 ]) is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started by Joseph Marsh in 1835, [ 5 ] it was ...
පණීභාරත; 24 February 1920 – 20 February 2006 [n 1] [1]), known as S. Panibharatha, was a prominent Sri Lankan dancer and choreographer. [2] Considered to be the pioneer of Sinhala classical dance, [3] Panibhratha heavily contributed to Sri Lankan dance as an art form in a career that spanned over five decades. [4]
Education in Sri Lanka has a long history that dates back two millennia. While the Constitution of Sri Lanka does not provide free education as a fundamental right, the constitution mentions that 'the complete eradication of illiteracy and the assurance to all persons of the right to universal and equal access to education at all levels" in its section on directive principles of state policy ...
Dominion status followed on 4 February 1948 with military treaties with Britain, as the upper ranks of the armed forces were initially British, and British air and sea bases remained intact. This was later raised to independence itself and Senanayake became the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. In 1949, with the concurrence of the leaders of ...
other Indo-Aryans [ 14] The Sinhalese people ( Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva ), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. [ 15][ 16] They are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, constituting about 75% of the Sri Lankan ...
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna[ a] ( JVP / PLF; lit. 'People's Liberation Front') is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Sri Lanka. [ 6] The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 ( SLFP ), and another in 1987–89 ( UNP ).
Kumaratunga Munidasa ( Sinhala: කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාස; 25 July 1887 – 2 March 1944) was a pioneer Sri Lankan ( Sinhalese) linguist, grammarian, commentator, and writer. He founded the Hela Havula movement, which sought to remove Sanskrit influences from the Sinhala language. Considered one of Sri Lanka's most ...