Tradition records that some of his followers once asked the Lord Buddha what ... four standing figures of Buddha, each thirty-one feet high (Plate 2). These gilded statues are highly dramatized ...

The Sinhala translation of Jataka Tales, a large collection of Buddhist stories, was launched in Colombo on the occasion of ...

Ever since Buddhist art and architecture began to flourish after the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC, the artists started painting the walls of temples with numerous episodes of the ...

The translated Jataka Tales-based comic books by Amar ... showcasing modern art depictions of Lord Buddha's life was also held at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya. Buddhists in Sri Lanka mark the ...