Niwanthalaksan

dr. c.w.w.kannangara

niwanthalaksan — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:00:43 +0000

Dr: C.W.W kannangara dedieated service to the people of this county is seen is the reforms thathe brought about in education asthe minister of edusation his greatest contribution was the introduction of free edu cation to all in our country the estblishment of central schools wasagreatachi evement in providing high qwality education free to the talented chil dren of the masses dir; kanoangara said isay it s the pearl of gregt price sell all that you have and buy it for the whole countrywe shall be able to say that e found education the patrimpny of the rich and left it the lnheritance of the poor refe ring to the cultaral heri tage of the past hesid the education that preva lied in this country for abo ut 2ooo years was abso lutely free his reforms provide education free from the kinderga rten to the univer sity in the ancient tradition of a liberal e ducation he was deeply committed to the cause of serving the coun try and its people.

POSON FESTIVAL

niwanthalaksan — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:52:34 +0000

Poson is a Buddhist festival. It is held on June month. It is very Important day. That grate day Arhath Mahinda arrived. Arhath Mahinda arrive

d to Mihinthala rock. At that time, king Dewanampiyathissa grate the king was going on deer hunt. Arhath Mahinda preached sermon to the king at the foot of Mihinthala rock. the king became a buddhists. Hot only that sri lankans became Buddhists.

corn.

niwanthalaksan — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:54:20 +0000

The Chief food cows, horses, sheep and men is the same. they all eat grass. these animals eat the leaves of grass. we eat the seeds. corn is a king of gass. we grind its seeds into flour. of corn flour we make bread and brind its seeds into flour. fo corn flour we make bread and bread is our chieff of liff food. bread is called ” the staff of life” in india corn is arabi. or spring crop. the seed is sown in the cold weather. the hsrvest is reaped in marchor April. when the corn has deeh reaped, it is threshed. the seeds are beatan out of their husksd, arhard coverings. then the corn is winhowsed. the seeds and dry husks are tossed up in the wind. thewind blows away the light husks. ar chaff. the heavy seeds are lett behind. theseeds then gop to the miller. he grinds them into flloar the baker makes loarves of bread with yhe flour.

Sanath Jayasuriya

niwanthalaksan — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:36:27 +0000

Sanath jayasuriya is well known of his fast datting.he holds the recrd for the fastest half cricket matches.He also holds the record for the highest number of runs seored twentinine.in a single over.he is an oll -rounder.good at bouding and fielding too.he is an old boy of st servatious gollege matara

The story of sigiriya

niwanthalaksan — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:48:06 +0000

A long time ago a king called dhatusena ruled in Anuradapura, He had two sons named moggalana and kasyapa . kasyapa was younger than moggalana but he wanted to become king first, so he killed his father and became king. So kayapa ran a way from anuradhapura and built a beautiful palae on top of a rock so that nobody could catch him and kill him. This rosk was called sigiriya. He built many beautiul byildings on sigiriwa and painted beautiful pictures on te sides of the rock. Even now we can see some of these pctures and some ruins of the buildings.

The story of Rama Sitha and Rawana

niwanthalaksan — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:06:35 +0000

A long time ago Ravana was the king of Lanka. He was a very powerful king. At that time prnce rama and

nce rama and his beautiful wife liied in a forest in india. Ravana come to hear how very beautiful sita was. He wanted to make her wife so he went in to

the forest where sit. Alived and took her away When rama was not there. He brought her to his palace in lanka. in a fiying chaviot shaped like a peacock.

Rama searched everywhere for his wife his brother Laksman and hanuman ,the monky king.at last hanuman found sita at ravana’s palace in lanka. he went back

to give the news to rama but befour going back he set fire to many towns and villages in rawana’s king dom.

Rama got together a l arge avmy and went back to lanka to ravana. they crossed the sea on a stone bridge build by hanuman. rama’s

army met ravana’s trmy and there was a great battle between them.many solders and neroes on both sides died in the fight. rama’s army at last. atter the defeat of ravana,rama.tok sita dack to lndia.

Butterfly

niwanthalaksan — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:47:19 +0000

butterfly is an insect. It has four legs. It has no bones. Butterfly has no teeth. It has two pairs of wings. The wings of the butterfly are very beautiful. It is a colourful bird. There are eyes all over the wings. Butterfly is a harmless animal. It collects nectar from flowers. that is them food. Butterflies are multy coloured. They look like flowers. Butterflies are becoming less and less in number in every year. They are extincting insects. we must protect those harmless beautiful butterflies. Moths are often mistaken to be butterflies. butterfly is an insect. It has four legs. It has no bones. Butterfly has no teeth. It has two pairs of wings. The wings of the butterfly are very beautiful. It is a colourful bird. There are eyes all over the wings. Butterfly is a harmless animal. It collects nectar from flowers. that is them food. Butterflies are multy coloured. They look like flowers. Butterflies are becoming less and less in number in every year. They are extincting insects. we must protect those harmless beautiful butterflies. Moths are often mistaken to be butterflies.

The Olympic Games

niwanthalaksan — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:11:12 +0000

Today the olynpics is one os the greatest events that brings the world together.The games are held in different cities every four years and aim to promote world peace.women take part in the games and winners are given medals.

The olympic slag has five interlced rings on a white background.They represent the five continents.The international olympic committee [ IOC] is responsible for the continuation and development of the olympic games.

MY country

niwanthalaksan — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:50:32 +0000

My country is sri lanka.it is an island. it is a small country. My country is ever- green. it is fertle. The main commercial corps in sri lanka are tea, coconut and rubber. The people in our country are clever. they are famous throught the world.The anciant cities like Anuradapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy add a cultcural and historical value to my country. I’m froud to be a Sri lanka.

SOME FAMOUS SRI LANKA OF THE PAST

niwanthalaksan — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:22:08 +0000

SIDDI LEBBE

He was a muslim lawyer he took an interest in eroriying a good education for the muslim people . he helped to build several schools for the muslims .

C.W.W KANNANGARA

He was the minister of educati on of the government in 1932.

he wanted to give a free educationto every child on the is land.

he is sometimes caled the ‘ father of free education.