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Nepal, Sri Lanka to jointly promote tourism

Nepal, Sri Lanka to jointly promote tourism
Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Chief Executive Officer of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Dr Dhananjaya Regmi had an official meeting with the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Nepal Himalee Subhashini Arunatilika at Kathmandu regarding tourism promotion between two countries with cooperation.
During the meeting, both sides stressed cooperation for the promotion of tourism in each other’s countries. Likewise, both sides expressed the view that more cooperation is needed for the promotion of tourism.
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Prayer flags with Mt. Annapurna in the background at Annapurna Base Camp ,Nepal.
CEO Dr Dhanjaya Regmi said, Nepal is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha and a religious tourist destination for Buddhist Sri Lankans and also for Hindus in Sri Lanka due to the relationship between Ram Sita and Ravana. ....

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LankaWeb – Spread of Buddhist Education in Sri Lanka; the role played by Col Olcott and Theosophists

Posted on December 31st, 2020
by Dr D Chandraratna Courtesy The Island
The Olcott Oration delivered to the Old Boys Association of Ananda College (November 2020, Perth, Western Australia)
It can be gauged from the Buddhist publications in and around 1880s that the ordinary Sinhalese were experiencing an acute sense of despair and disquiet that colonialism had brought about a social degeneration evidenced by increased consumption of liquor and associated problems of family violence, cattle stealing, gambling, and crime. Even the colonial civil servants from numerous districts complained to the Governor that social disorganization was affecting administration, revenue collection and policing. The Sinhalese Buddhist revivalist movement and a proper assessment of Col Olcott’s contribution must be understood in this context of the rising tide of Sinhala nationalism, Buddhist confrontation with Colonialism, Christian missionary activity and increa ....

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