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National Flag of Sri Lanka is the Lion Flag. A Lion bearing a sword in its right hand is depicted in gold on red background with a yellow border. Four Bo leaves pointing inwards are at the four corners. Two vertical bands of green and orange at the mast end represent the minority ethnic groups. It is an adaptation of the standard of the last King of Sri Lanka.

History of Don Bosco Seminary

With the arrival of Fr. Remery, a French Salesian missionary, the Salesian apostolate in Sri Lanka began in 1956 at Colombo.The first centre was established at Negombo in 1963, with a Technical School.Gradually Salesians were recruited locally,other centres were opened and new apostolic activities were started. When Sri Lanka celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Salesian   presence in 2006-2007, 17 established centres could be counted: Negombo, Dungalpitiya, Uswetakeiyawa, Palliyawatta, Dankotuwa, Kotadeniyawa, Kandy, Arambegama, Bibele, Elpitiya, Murunkan, Nochchiyagama, Hungama, Ahungalla, Nugegoda, and Metiyagane, spread out in the 11 districts of the country.
Salesian Sri Lanka was part of the Madras (Chennai) Salesian Province in South India. In 1993 it was made into a Delegation and it was raised to the status of a Vice Province in August 2004. The headquarters of the Vice Province is situated at Dungalpitiya, along the coastal road from Colombo to Negombo.
Since their arrival on the Island in 1956, the Salesians in Sri Lanka have been in the forefront spearheading the development of education and propagating the well being of the poorest of the poor and socially marginalized citizens of the country, especially boys, and children

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Temple of tooth relic

Kandy (Ancient Senkadagala) is the last capital of the Sinhala Monarchy the History of which goes back to at least five centuries before the beginning of the Common Era. The city is surrounded by a ring of mountain ranges and Sri Lanka’s largest river Mahaweli Ganga.Kandy enjoys a salubrious climate and still breathes the ancient lifestyle of the people.The heritage of Kandy, Architecture, Sculpture, painting, Dance and Music, all such cultural traditions are endemic to Sri Lanka.Kandy remains the home for all denominations of major world religioBuddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and there subdivisions. Buddhism plays a significant role in Kandy with the two main Monastic orders, Malwatte and Asgiriya fraternities together with numerous temples of the Country attached to them. The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic constitutes the premier Buddhist Institution of Sri Lanka and remains the cynosure of the world Buddhist and is a great tourist attraction. The annual pageant (Esala Perahera) constitutes the greatest religious festival of Srover the world.sri Lanka which attract thousands of pilgrims as well as tourists from all over the world

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