Devotees in their thousands will flock to the Missaka hill (Mihintale), the sacred spot eleven km north-east of Anuradhapura, next Saturday - Poson Full Moon Poya day. Being the place where Arahant ...

The pilgrim’s progress in Mihintale follows a time-worn path; you walk up the grand stairway of smooth steps- 1840 of them- feeding the macaques and the giant squirrels- indolent, fussy connoisseurs ...

There is no scientific evidence to prove that the recently-excavated bone fragments from an archaeology site at Mihintale monastery complex are relics of Arhant Anula Theri, according to senior ...

Sigiriya to which Everyman referred to in the Sunday Island of April 25 is one of the 11 sites here UNESCO had declared as World Heritage Sites. The others are the ancient city of Polonnaruwa , the ...