Jan 10, 2025 · A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been sentenced to nine months in prison for insulting Islam and inciting religious hatred....

Jan 12, 2025 · A Sri Lankan court has sentenced Galagodaatte Gnanasara, a hardline Buddhist monk, to nine months in prison for insulting Islam and inciting religious hatred.

The Aranthalawa massacre was the massacre of 33 Buddhist monks, most of them young novice monks, and four civilians by cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organization (the LTTE, commonly known as the Tamil Tigers) on June 2, 1987, close to the village of Aranthalawa, in the Ampara District of Eastern Sri Lanka.

Aug 5, 2022 · The street protests that drove Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office last month brought together people from across the country’s diverse and sometimes warring ethno-religious groups: Tamils, Muslims, Christians and Sinhala Buddhists — including, unmistakably, the saffron-robed Buddhist monks who are fixtures of Sri Lanka ...

Jan 9, 2025 · A Sri Lankan court jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday, putting him behind bars for a second time for insulting Islam and stoking religious hatred in the...

The Most Venerable Datuk K. Sri Dhammaratana 拿督达摩拉达那长老 (born 24 July 1948) is a Sri Lankan born Malaysian Buddhist monk and the incumbent Buddhist Chief High Priest of Malaysia, since the passing of his predecessor in 2006.

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Buddhist monks are known as “bhikku” (or bhiku) in Sri Lanka. They have traditionally worn saffron robes and have shaved heads. They are expected to renounce all worldly attachment and depend on alms for subsistence.

Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero (Sinhalese: හික්කඩුවේ ශ්‍රි සුමංගල නාහිමි; 20 January 1827 – 29 April 1911) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, who was one of the pioneers of Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist movement in the 19th century.

Feb 7, 2025 · When traveling in Sri Lanka, it’s common to come across Buddhist monks in temples, towns or even on public transport. But how do you interact with them respectfully? Can you talk to them? Take photos? Offer something? This article gives you all the keys you need to understand their way of life and how to act as a tourist.