History & Culture

2. History & Culture

  • Street Food Festival  

Food epicures celebrated the 70th Republic Day of India with some mouthwatering exclusive Indian cuisine at the Street Food Festival. Foodies were astonished by the bewitching performances staged by the Traditional Chhau dancers.(2019)

  • Incredible India – Mr.Nilan Malipaspe

Magnificent snapshots of Bodh Gaya and Pushkar festival by Mr.Nilan Maligaspe Director, Creative Dance & Drama Academy, who undertook a visit to India funded by the Foundation (2020)

  • Peshala Live in Concert

Mr.Peshal Manoj, the renowned tabla artist conducted a Musical Show: “Peshala Live in Concert”, a musical fusion with the support of the ISLF at Bishops Auditorium.(2019)

  • Mahathma Gandhi Drama by University of Kelaniya

The drama, ‘Mahathma@Gandhi.com’ was staged to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary if Mahatma Gandhi by Prof.Upul Hewawitanagamage from University of Kelaniya (2019)

  • Bharath Lanka Kala Padanama

The Bharath Lanka Kala Padanama held its annual Pushpanjali Musical Concert for the 6th consecutive year in collaboration with India – Sri Lanka Foundation (2018)

  • Book Publication

A book published by Dr.Lopamudra on “History and stories of public space – A study of the colonial architecture of Kolkata and Colombo” (2019)

  • Research

Dr.Sumanthri Samarawickrama , Unviersity of Moratuwa and Prof.Arangala Rathnasiri, Unviersity of Sri Jayawardenapura conducted a research on the Graphical Evolution of the Sinhala Script and its Indian Influence (2020)

  • Book Publication

The Foundation supported Mr.Daya Dissanayake, Sri Lankan novelist to author the book, ‘Who is Asoka? : A critical study’ (2020)

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