Janith Viduranga

                                             Sri Dalada Maligawa   A Brief History of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a world-renowned place of worship, where the left Canine tooth of Gautama Buddha is enshrined.  The temple which is venerated by thousands of local & foreign devotees and tourists daily was named as a world heritage by UNESCO in 1988. The temple which carries a lot of value to Buddhists all over the world also has immense cultural value.  The architecture is of unique Kandyan architectural style with a combination of the unique style used to build “Dalada Mandira” the shrines which housed the Sacred Tooth Relic previously in other kingdoms.  The temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is built in the city of Kandy near the ancient Royal Palace which is situated to the North of ...

                                                    Guru Geethaya   Guru Geethaya is a book translated to Sinhalese(my native language) by Dadigama V Rudrugu in a way back when. The original title is Der erste Lehrer (The First Teacher) by Russian author Chinghiz Aitmatov. If I translate the word Guru Gethaya into English it would mean “Teacher’s song”. This book became pretty popular in my childhood. Maybe because it became a common gift for the children. And our teachers openly  supported it (the book portray them in a favorable light). However, I never had the chance to read it as a child. I only got to read it last week thanks to a recommendation made by my cousin. The first thing I liked was the way the author describe the background of the story. He gives us a clear view of the environment that the story took place in....

           Anonymous Anonymous is a decentralized international activist and hacktivist collective and movement primarily known for its various cyberattacks against several governments, government institutions and government agencies, corporations and the Church of Scientology. Anonymous An emblem that is commonly associated with Anonymous. The "man without a head" represents anonymity and leaderless organization. Anonymous originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan representing the concept of many online and offline community users simultaneously existing as an "anarchic", digitized "global brain" or "hivemind".  Anonymous members (known as anions) can sometimes be distinguished in public by the wearing of Guy Fawkes masks in the style portrayed in the graphic novel and film V for Vendetta. Some anions  also opt to mask their voices through voice changers or text-to-speech programs.

                                            Reading   Reading is a very useful hobby. It helps us spend our leisure time in a useful manner. Books can be regarded as our friends. “Reading makes a full man,” said Francis Bacon. I’m a member of the school library. I borrow two books at a time. One of them is a Sinhala book and the other one is an English book. I can keep them for a period of two weeks. We get pleasure by reading novels and short stories. We can learn good qualities of great persons by reading their biographies. We can improve our knowledge by reading novels, short stories, magazines and newspapers. It is said that knowledge is power. The best way to gain knowledge is by reading books.

  Health Health was earlier said to be the ability of the body functioning well. However, as time evolved, the definition of health also evolved. It cannot be stressed enough that health is the primary thing after which everything else follows. when you maintain good health, everything else falls into place.                                      Similar, maintaining good health is dependent on a lot of factors. It rangers from the air you breathe to the type of people you choose to spend your time with. Health has a importance. If even one of them is missing, a person cannot be completely healthy. Parents always take care of their children’s physical needs. They feed them with nutritious foods and always dress up their wounds immediately. However, they fail to notice the deteriorating mental health of their child. Mostly so, because th...

  Friendship Friendship is one of the greatest bonds anyone can ever wish for. Lucky are those who have friends they can trust. Friendship is a devoted relationship between two individuals. They both feel immense care and love for each other. Usually, a friendship is shared bye two people who have similar interests and feelings.                                     You meet many along the way of life but only some stay with you forever. Those are your real friends who stay by your side through thick and thin. Friendship is the most beautiful gift you can which stays with a person forever. A person who acquainted with many persons in their life. However, the closet ones become our friends. You may have a large friend circle in school or college, but you know you can only count on one or two people with w...