Meanwhile, Konnappu Bandara, who was named Don Juan of Austria, ascended the throne of Kandy. King Rajasinghe sent an army against him. That army could not go even as far as Balana. Konnappu Bandara’s ...
Some hold the view, that his sudden death was a good end to the disgusted life of King Rajasinghe. In actual fact, the people were so disgusted with the king, that they did not attempt to treat his ...
Ananda Abayaratna recounts how a national treasure, the crown of King Rajasinghe II, was lost forever. Pic by Shane Seneviratne Fifty years ago, in the morning of September 19, 1961, the assistant ...
King Rajasinghe was planning to capture the Kandyan Kingdom.Karaliyadde, then King of Kandy had kept a small platoon of Portuguese soldiers, for his safety. Veera Surendra of Peradeniya, who was one ...
Ironically, King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe belonged to the same Nayak clan which built the fort. The interior of the tomb The fort is considered to be among the best examples of military architecture in ...
This brought an end to the rule of Lankan Royalty. British propaganda successfully portrayed King Sri Vikrama Rajasinghe as a ...
But the king’s choice was Prince Tikiri Bandara. As a raw youth, this prince had displayed his skills. He was quite clever in managing the affairs of the army. Because of this, he won the epithet – ...
They somehow suspected that the king of Jaffna had some connection with the king of Kandy. Meanwhile as Sitawaka Rajasinghe had no son to succeed him, the kingdom had no king for sometime. Trouble ...
The ancestors of Prince Yamasinghe were heirs to the throne of Kandy. Due to the troubles created by King Rajasinghe, the prince’s last surviving relation Karaliyadde had to leave the kingdom and seek ...
Quite a number of powerful commanders were killed in battle. King Rajasinghe took the soldiers who were left and crossed the river, before the Portuguese came chasing after them. The Portuguese were ...
The Ran Kadu Poojawa (Offering of the Golden Sword) held on August 23 at the Ran Kadu Paththini Temple in Kaduwela was to commemorate the 449th anniversary of the Mulleriyawa Battle in 1562, when King ...
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