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Dewa people were one of the four main tribes (Dewa, Yaksha, Naga, Raksha) of ancient Sri Lanka who founded the coalition of Sinhalese nationality. Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva) are an Asura ethnic group of the island of Sri Lanka. They were historically known as Hela people (Sinhala: හෙළ), Ceylonese islanders, and Sinhalese islanders. They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number greater than 16.2 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, cultural heritage and nationality. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala, an insular Indo-Aryan language, and are predominantly Theravada Buddhists, although a minority of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity and other religions.

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Dewa people of Sri Lanka

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Social class in Sri Lanka

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Buddhism in Sri Lanka

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largest and official religion of Sri Lanka, practiced by 70.2% of the population as of 2012. Practitioners of Sri Lankan Buddhism can be found amongst...

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Rajasinha II of Kandy

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Prince Dewa Astana/Dewarajasinghe), was a Sinhalese King, reigned 1629 – 6 December 1687; seventh king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka. Rajasingha...

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Ten Giant Warriors

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the Mahãvamsa (chapter 23, verse 78-81), he was born Dewa (people), the youngest son of Abhaya of the Mahisadonika village in the Nakulanaga district....

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Yaksha Kingdom

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the Yaksha army of Kubera. Gandharvas were also part of his army (3:65). At 3:229 this is more clear: The man who beholds Dewa (people) while sleeping...

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Maha Saman Devalaya

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at Ratnapura, Sri Lanka who is the presiding deity of the Sri Pada Mountain which is also called Samanthakuta meaning the mountain of Saman which is...

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Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries

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Sinhalese native surnames have a Sanskrit origin. Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and Sri Lankan Malays have distinctive surnames for their own ethnicities...

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Kandyan dance

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to the area called Kandy of the Central Hills region known as Udarata in Sri Lanka, which have today spread to other parts of the country. It is an example...

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Bathgama

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Bathgama a Sri Lankan caste predominantly in the Kandyan provinces, the traditional occupation of which was the cultivation of rice paddy. Hence the name...

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Rukmani Devi

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Ramayana

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I Dewa Poetoe Soegih, I Dewa Gedé Raka Poedja, Ida Bagus Made Togog before 1948 period. Their paintings are currently in the National Museum of World...

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Mohammad bin Daud

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Diyawadana Nilame

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Kedah Sultanate

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Ujjain

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Deva

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Samith de Silva

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Nommara 17

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Javanese Kshatriya

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Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism

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majority belief system of most of the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka. It mostly revived in reaction to the colonisation of Sri Lanka by the British Empire and...

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Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India

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production of bank notes for India as well as a few foreign countries including Iraq, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bhutan. More than 40% of Currency Notes...

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Digital rupee

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to 50,000 people. RBI will collaborate with PayNearby and Bankit to integrate CBDC as payment option while National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)...

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Institute of the Maids of the Poor

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Institute became a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right on 4 October 2007. The institute is located at Anand Bhawan, Dewa Road, Barabanki. It runs Anand Bhawan...

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