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Hela Clothing appointed A. R. Rasiah as the new chairman of the company in December 2018. [6] Hela Apparel Holdings (Pvt) Ltd was founded in 2018 and was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2022 through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO was intended to offer 20% of the stake of the company and raise the capital of LKR4 billion.
Textile and clothing industries have been Sri Lanka's largest gross export earner since 1986 and accounted for more than 52% of the total export earnings of the country. It is also the country's largest net foreign exchange earner since 1992.
However Vijaya had died before the letter had reached its destination so the elected minister of the people [14] Upatissa, the Chief government minister or prime minister and leading chief among the Sinhalese became regent and acted as regent for a year. After his coronation which was held in the Kingdom of Tambapanni, he left it building ...
The Kandyan Nayaks were a cadet branch of the Madurai Nayak dynasty and were also related to the Thanjavur Nayaks. [2] Like the Madurai and Thanjavur Nayaks, [3] the Kandyan Nayaks were also of Telugu Balija origin. [4] They spoke Telugu and Tamil, with Sinhala and Tamil being used as their court languages. [5] [6]
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
The Sinhala kingdom ceased to exist by 1815, following the British takeover.While the Sinhala kingdom is claimed to have existed from 543 BCE to 1815 CE, other political entities claimed to have co-existed in Sri Lanka spanning certain partial periods, including the Jaffna kingdom (which existed 1215–1624 CE), [5] Vanni chieftaincies (which existed from the 12th century to 1803 CE) and the ...
Sinhalese girl in Osariya Sinhalese girls in traditional Kandyan dancing costume Sinhalese culture is a unique one dating as far back as 2600 years and has been nourished by Theravada Buddhism. Its main domains are sculpture, fine arts, literature, dancing, poetry and a wide variety of folk beliefs and rituals traditionally.
Exquisite Sinhalese bronze cannon with intricate silver and gold inlay, gifted to King Vijaya Rajasingha in 1745 by Lewuke, the Disawa or Lord of the four Korles district. [38] The Kingdom of Kandy did not maintain a large standing army. The King maintained a full-time Royal Guard at the Palace.