Index of Kataragama news articles
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Date
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Colombo Newspaper
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Article
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Topic
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Author/Reporter |
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25 July 2004
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The Sunday Observer
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Kataragama Pada Yatra 2004
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Patrick Harrigan | |
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7 September 2003
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The Sunday Observer
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Kataragama contribution to National Vision
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Patrick Harrigan | |
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1 September 2003
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The Daily News
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Reuters report on 2003 Kataragama festival
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Chamath Ariyadasa | |
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31 August 2003
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The Sunday Observer
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Background of Kataragama's islamic traditions
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Asiff Hussein | |
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10 August 2003
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The Sunday Observer
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Interviews with Basnayake Nilame and heads of Buddhist, Hindu & Muslim shrines (See Traditions of Kataragama 2003 Interview Series below)
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Patrick Harrigan | |
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4 August 2003
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The Daily News
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Conclusion of 2003 Pada Yatra & National Vision
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Patrick Harrigan | |
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20 July 2003
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The Sunday Observer
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Kataragama Pada Yatra 2003 and its role in creating a National Vision
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Patrick Harrigan | |
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8 June 2003
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The Sunday Observer
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Kataragama Pada Yatra 2003 from Mullaittivu to Kataragama
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Patrick Harrigan | |
| 18 August 2002 | The Sunday Observer | "Kataragama devotion boosts the peace process" | Pada Yatra | Manik Sandrasagra and Patrick Harrigan |
| 24 July 2002 | The Daily News | "Teyvani Amman Devasthanam: Its History and Traditions" | Hindu traditions | Swami Vigyananand and Patrick Harrigan |
| 19 July 2002 | The Daily News | "Significance of the Kataragama and Vel festivals" | Esala Festival | Derrick Schokman |
| 18 July 2002 | The Daily News | "Pada Yatra pilgrims reach Kataragama" | Pada Yatra | Nelson Piyaratne |
| 24 June 2002 | The Daily News | "Pada Yatra pilgrims cross Batticaloa district" | Pada Yatra | Patrick Harrigan |
| 10 June 2002 | The Daily News | "First Pada Yatra since 1983 from Mullaitivu, Jaffna districts" | Pada Yatra | Patrick Harrigan |
| 26 April 2002 | The Daily News | "Pada Yatra, a symbol of faith" | Pada Yatra | Sian Woodcock |
| 15 July 2001 | The Sunday Observer | "Kataragama - the sanctuary of all faiths" | General | Aryadasa Ratnasinghe |
| 14 July 2001 | Ceylon Daily News | "Army to provide facilities for Kataragama pilgrims" | Pada Yatra | Lakehouse Group Correspondent |
| 14 July 2001 | Ceylon Daily News | "Pada Yatra pilgrims approaching Kataragama" | Pada Yatra | Nelson Piyaratne |
| 7 July 2000 | Ceylon Daily News | "Teyvani Amman Temple festivities at Kataragama" | Hindu traditions | Nelson Piyaratne |
| 12 July 2000 | Kataragama report | "Discovery Channel discovers Kataragama" | TV documentary | Nelson Piyaratne |
| 18 June 2000 | The Sunday Times | "Protecting Gods' Own Village" | proposed features of an Eco-Cultural Sanctuary at Kataragama | Manik Sandrasagra |
| 2 July 2000 | The Sunday Times | "Village Culture, Eco-tourism and Hype" | Eco-tourism | Manik Sandrasagra |
| 28 June 2000 | Ceylon Daily News | "Kataragama Pada Yatra in progress" | Pada Yatra | Nelson Piyaratne |
| Saturday - Sunday, October 2-3, 1999 | The Weekend Express | "Kataragama: Sylvan shrine no more" | Kataragama's water woes | Florence Wickremage |
| 17 August 1999 | The Detroit News | "Pilgrim center draws Sri Lankans together" | General | Dexter Cruez/Reuters |
| July 21, 1999 | Ceylon Daily News | "Pada Yatra foot pilgrims reach Kataragama" | Pada Yatra | Nelson Piyaratne |
| 25 July 1999 | The Sunday Times | "Kataragama The Pada Yatra: Miles to go and vows to fulfill" | Pada Yatra | Manik Sandrasagra |
| 5 August 1998 | Ceylon Daily News | "Kataragama Devale officials reach understanding with Veddahs" | Veddas at Kataragama | Nelson Piyaratne |
| August 7, 1998 | Ceylon Daily News | "Kataragama Belongs to All People" | Flag-hoisting 1998 | Nelson Piyaratne |
| December 1997 | Journal of Asian and African Studies | "Cursing practices in Sri Lanka" | Kataragama and the Buddhist shrine of Devol Deviyo at Seenigama | J.P. Feddema |
| 12 October 1997 | The Sunday Times | "The Kataragama pilgrims' path" | Pada Yatra | Ranil Bibile |
| 1 October 1997 | The Sunday Observer | "Ancient Landing Sites of the Asians" | Sigiriya & Kataragama hypothesis | Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary |
| 24 July 1997 | Ceylon Daily News | "Kataragama Deviyo's untiring white follower" | Interview with editor Patrick Harrigan | Nelson Piyaratne |
| 8 June 1997 | The Sunday Leader | "On Foot by Faith to Kataragama" | Pada Yata | Patrick Harrigan |
| 3 May 1995 | Ceylon Daily News | "Kriya Babaji and the ancient Kataragama shrine" | Siddha lore | C. Shanmuganayagam |
| 1994 | The Sunday Observer | "Fire Walking: A Dedication to Kataragama Deviyo" | Fire walking at Kataragama | D.B. Kappagoda |
| 24 August 1993 | The Observer | "Veddas celebrate Kataragama wedding festival" | Vedda traditions of Kataragama | Patrick Harrigan |
| 11 May 1992 | The Island | "Let Veddahs be Veddahs" | Vedda traditions | Patrick Harrigan |
| 16 January 1992 | Ceylon Daily News | "'Pada Yatras' Genuine and Spurious: Modern Politics and the Subversion of Tradition" | Political 'pada yatras' | Patrick Harrigan |
| June 16, 1991 | The Sunday Times | Harō-Harā: Pāda Yātrā amidst War and Gunfire | Pada Yatra | Patrick Harrigan | 28 October 1990 | The Sunday Island | "Kali Yuga comes to Kataragama" | 'Development' of Kataragama | Patrick Harrigan |
| 18 November, 1990 | The Sunday Times | "The Coming of Mystery Imam" | Islamic traditions | Patrick Harrigan |
| 29 July 1990 | Sunday Times (Colombo) | "Foot-soldiers caught in His War Games" | Pada Yatra | Patrick Harrigan |
| 3 June, 1990 | The Sunday Times | "Haro Hara! Here goes the Pada Yatra" | Pada Yatra | Patrick Harrigan |
| May 1989 | India Currents | "Love, War and Mystery: A Sri Lanka Diary" | Pada Yatra | Patrick Harrigan |
| 9 August 1987 | The Sunday Times | "Long eclipse of Sri Lankan culture is ending" | General | Patrick Harrigan |
| April 1966 | The National Geographic magazine | "A Vow to Walk the Fiery Path" | Fire-walking for Kataragama God | Donna K. and Gilbert M. Grosvenor |
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