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In 1547, the Portuguese wrote a letter to the Governor of Goa to express the fear of living among the Sinhalese it says the homosexuality is so prevalent in this kingdom of Kotte that it almost frightens us to live here.
Saturday, 11 August 2012 - 12:46 AM SL Time
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It is rather a matter of historical fact. Homosexuality was so PREVALENT IN THE SINHALA KINGDOM OF KOTTE.
The Sinhala King Bhuvanaka Bahu VII (1524-1551 AD) of Kotte was so gay and the Portuguese were frightened to live there. In a letter by the Portuguese of Ceylon to Joao de Casto dated Ceylon, 27th November 1547 AD the Governor of Goa speaks of the ` abominable crime` of the king of Ceylon. The sin of sodomy is so prevalent in this kingdom of Kotte that it almost frightens us to live here.
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Desecration of Nallur Temple? Air Drop of flowers by the Sri Lanka Air force Helicopter infuriates Tamils and reminds them of the carpet bombings by the same Air force merely three years ago. Tamils are asking the Sri Lankan air force to stop it.
Saturday, 18 August 2012 - 5:37 AM SL Time
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Flowers were air dropped by an Air Force helicopter as the decorated chariot came out of the temple premises at the Annual Chariot Festival held on August 16, 2012.
The helicopter made three rounds and dropped flowers on to the premises of the Murugan Temple of Nallur, the capital of the Jaffna Kingdom, where the last King of Jaffna, Sankili Kumaran Pararasasekaram defied the Portuguese and lost the Tamil sovereignty on battle fields instead of signing a surrender treaty like the other two kingdoms in Sri Lanka.
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War in Peace. Ananda Commaraswamy (1877 1947) is a scholar of international repute, one who did much work on Buddhism, Buddhist philosophy and art. Yet, seen as a Tamil, the street named after him is now Nelum Pokuna Mawatha.
Wednesday, 22 August 2012 - 1:58 AM SL Time
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While the whole world from China to Chile bowed in rapt veneration for over a quarter of a century before this mighty giant, only Ceylon was vaguely unaware that such a person existed, let alone realizing he was a Ceylonese .
Coomaraswamy was without a peer as a scholar among Orientalists. It would be a great discovery if one could find another like him anywhere in the whole world, whose studies and publications cover a wide range and are at the same time as numerous in quantity as excellent in quality.`
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Ganesan Nimalaruban: A damning murder, funeral and silence........
Tuesday, 28 August 2012 - 11:21 PM SL Time
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It is very likely readers of Sinhala mainstream print media have no clue who Ganesan Nimalaruban was, or exactly how he died. A simple Google news or general web search suffices to highlight how poor even English mainstream media coverage has been over the controversy surrounding his death.
Vikalpa was present at the funeral of Nimalaruban. They note that aside from a few provincial journalists (whose news reports don`t make it to the actual print editions on the best of days) there were no other seasoned journalists from any mainstream newspaper present. Recall that the courts didn`t want Nimalaruban`s body to be released to his parents, citing that,
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