Anuradhapura Veddas (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර වැද්දන්, romanized: Anurādhapura Væddan, Tamil: அனுராதபுரம் வேடர்கள், romanized: Aṉurātapuram Vēṭarkaḷ) are people of North Central Province of Sri Lanka who are descendants of indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka who have adopted the culture, religion and language of the dominant Sinhalese residents of the province. By far they are the largest segment amongst the various groups of people who claim Vedda ancestry. They are also ethnically related to Tamil speaking Coast Veddas who live in the minority Sri Lankan Tamil dominant Eastern Province of Sri Lanka who have adopted Tamil and Hindu cultural norms of their neighbors. Settlements of Anuradhapura Veddas also spread into the neighboring Polonnaruwa District and a few villages in the interior of the Trincomalee District.[1]
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sub-communities such as Coast Veddas, AnuradhapuraVeddas and Bintenne Veddas, are accorded indigenous status. The Vedda minority in Sri Lanka may become...
communities such as Coast Veddas and AnuradhapuraVeddas who do not strictly identify as Veddas also use words from the Vedda language in part for communication...
Coast Verdas or East Coast Veddas. Anthropologists have considered them to be at least partly descended from the Veddas of the interior of the island...
The Veddas who have kept out of the mainstream culture of Sri Lanka do not subscribe to Kataragama deviyo as their deity. Unassimilated Veddas consider...
the Anuradhapura Kingdom in the early historic period. The Anuradhapura period (377 BCE – 1017 CE) began with the establishment of the Anuradhapura Kingdom...
in Sigiriya. The hunter-gatherer people known as the Wanniyala-Aetto or Veddas, who still live in the central, Uva and north-eastern parts of the island...
castes and listed as their own ethnicities in Sri Lankan census. The Coast Veddas, found mainly in Eastern Sri Lanka are considered a Tamil caste among the...
subsequently founding the Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara and finally the Anuradhapura Kingdom. There were 37 Vijayan monarchs who reigned during a span of...
She is venerated as Maha Loku Kiriammaleththo by the Veddas. Other names for her varying with Veddas habitats are Indigolle Kiriamma, Unapane Kiriamma,...
that he was also mentioned in Mahawamsa. When Anuradhapura was destroyed, the capital moved from Anuradhapura to Polonnaruwa. When Pollonaruwa was destroyed...
although its use has declined and the majority now speak Sinhala. The Veddas speak Vedda, a Creole language closely based on Sinhala. Use of English has declined...
deities, venerated by Hindu Tamils. The Buddhist Sinhalese and Aboriginal Veddas venerate the local rendition of the deity, Katharagama deviyo. Yogaswami...
starting in several locations such as Walasmulla and Bambaragala and Anuradhapura which often caused panic in certain villages. Villagers reported the...
on the island since at least around the 2nd century BCE. The Indigenous Veddas are ethnically related to people in South India and early populations of...
romanized: Katirkāmam) is a pilgrimage town sacred to Hindu, Buddhist and indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka. People from South India also go there to worship. The...
Monarchical Sri Lanka Historical flags of Sri Lanka Flag of Dutugamunu, Anuradhapura period Flag of Kingdom of Gampola's flag, c. 1341–1408 Flag of the Kingdom...
or Kulama (tank), reflecting the most common village name endings in Anuradhapura and Puttalam districts, Kinaru (well), Kani (allotment), Vayal (paddy...
The Vanni chieftaincies or Vanni tribes was a region between Anuradhapura and Jaffna, but also extending to along the eastern coast to Panama and Yala...
seatraders, were listed as their own ethnicities in Sri Lankan census. The Coast Veddas, found mainly in Eastern Sri Lanka were considered a Tamil caste among the...
3-5th centuries. The remains of two ancient ponds, and the Stupa of Anuradhapura era, next to the frescoes cave, are examples of some constructions in...
and a friend had been hospitalised following an accident at Thalawa in Anuradhapura after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a wild elephant...
out between Dakkhinadesa and Rajarata, the former's forces also included Veddas, Vellalar, and people from the lower castes not traditionally involved in...
Sangams. Yaksha Kingdom Rakshasa Kingdom Naga people (Lanka) Dewa (people) Vedda people Lanka Kuveni Ordhendra Coomar Gangoly. The art of the Pallavas, Volume...
public emergency. However, protests persisted as private bus drivers in Anuradhapura, carpenters in Moratuwa and fishermen in Galle joined demonstrations...
entire corpus of Pali texts known today is believed to derive from the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya in Sri Lanka. While literary evidence exists of Theravadins...
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