One such distinguished visitor was Governor Brownrigg with his military physician, Dr. John Davy. The doctor recording his observations after the visit in 1816 wrote, “Of all Gods, the Kataragama God ...

The 15-day Kataragama Esala festival is a deeply sacred time in Kataragama, a place sanctified by centuries of belief in ...

At Kataragama ecstatic worship of the god takes emotional direction and joy with the celebrations being displayed by kavadi dancing. I remember in the mid-1970s a pop group called Super Golden Chimes ...

The Kataragama Devalaya in the Uva Province has been a revered place of pilgrimage among Buddhists and Hindus for centuries. Pilgrims seek the divine intervention of God Katargama, depicted with ...

ALTHOUGH we had seen men walking barefoot on burning embers twice before, we were not prepared for the mass fire walk at Kataragama. The first time, on a pleasant summer afternoon, surrounded by ...

Earnest devotees of Kataragama by the thousands—hailing from all communities, not least Tamil Hindus—are undertook the annual ...

Worshipping the War God in the woods, is about the Kataragama Perahera dedicated to Lord Murugan. This annual perahera is a grand pageant attracting Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims to take part in ...

‘Kadira Divyaraja’, Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne’s newest cinematic venture creating the story of god Skandha or Kataragama and his love story with Walli, completed shooting and it is now being edited. Prof ...

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