With the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom, the Kandyan Convention ... the existence of an independent kingdom in Central Sri Lanka was viewed as a threat to their imperial aspirations when John ...

Not every tourist who visits the country can exhibit in-depth academic understanding of Sri Lanka’s culture and the Kandyan dance, or be able to sing a song from a renowned Sinhala drama. The ...

They married into the leading radala families and became naturalized as Sinhala Kandyan. Ananda’s family history attributes their origin to a ‘prince’ Sumedha from Tanjore who came to Sri Lanka, ...