Flag of Sri Lanka
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The national flag of Sri Lanka, also called the Singha Flag or Lion Flag, consists of a golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore-paw in a maroon background with four gold bo leaves, one i
Flown at the Embassy in Warsaw
Displayed outside a stadium, in Leeds, UK
Mountaineer Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala with Sri Lankan flag atop Mount Everest
Displayed along other flags during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It is located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, a
Flag of Sri Lanka
…The national flag of Sri Lanka, also called the Singha Flag or Lion Flag (Sinhala: සිංහ කොඩිය, romanised: singha kodiya, Tamil: சிங்கக் கொடி, romanised: ciṅkak koṭi), consists of a…
The Avukana Buddha statue, a 12-metre-tall (39 ft) standing Buddha statue from the reign of Dhatusena of Anuradhapura, 5th century
The Sigiriya ("Lion Rock"), a rock fortress and city, built by King Kashyapa (477–495 CE) as a new more defensible capital. It was also used as a Buddhist monastery after the capital was moved back to Anuradhapura.
The seated image of Gal Vihara in Polonnaruwa, 12th century, which depicts the dhyana mudra, shows signs of Mahayana influence.
A 17th-century engraving of Dutch explorer Joris van Spilbergen meeting with King Vimaladharmasuriya in 1602