Sindu and Raju are not the only elephants handed over to the Dalada Maligawa at the request of the Diyawadana Nilames (DN). In 2007, the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) came under pressure ...

According to Senior Superintendent of Police Anuruddha Bandaranayake, people entering the Sri Dalada Maligawa premises will be screened through three queues at two designated locations. He urged ...

The ancient ritual of the milk boiling ceremony was held at the Sri Dalada Maligawa to mark the dawn of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year. The ceremony took place at the auspicious time of 3:21 a.m ...

Dalada Maligawa mahouts are still recovering from the shock over the killing of a fellow mahout by tusker Indiraja. Indiraja was gifted to Sri Lanka by Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1987. The ...