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Minister of State for External Affairs of India hosts farewell lunch for High Commissioner Moragoda at the Hyderabad House PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 13:25

Minister of State for External Affairs of India Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi hosted a farewell lunch for Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda, today (27).

The traditional farewell lunch for the outgoing High Commissioner was hosted by State Minister Lekhi in the absence of External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar who is in New York attending the United Nations General Assembly. 

The farewell lunch was held at the prestigious Hyderabad House in New Delhi and the Heads of Mission of Argentina, Denmark, Israel, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom as well as the Joint Secretary of the Indian Ocean Region Division of the Ministry of External Affairs were present.   

During the farewell lunch, High Commissioner Moragoda recalled the close interactions that he has had with the Ministry of External Affairs including the External Affairs Minister and thanked the State Minister for the assistance that she had extended to him personally as well as to Sri Lanka during his tenure in Delhi. 

As a token of appreciation and goodwill, High Commissioner Moragoda presented to State Minister Lekhi a stone obtained from the stream flowing besides the Seetha Amman Temple in Seetha Eliya (Ashoka Vatika) in Sri Lanka, which is believed to be the site where Seetha was held captive according to the Ramayana.

Earlier this week, Foreign Secretary of India Shri Vinay Kwatra too hosted a farewell lunch for High Commissioner Moragoda.

High Commission of Sri Lanka
New Delhi
27 September 2023
 
High Commissioner Moragoda bids farewell to Finance Minister of India PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 13:10
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda who is to complete his tenure in Delhi shortly, paid a farewell call on the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today (27) at the Finance Ministry in New Delhi.

uring the call, the High Commissioner expressed his appreciation to Minister Sitharaman for the support and guidance she provided during his tenure. The High Commissioner once again thanked the Minister for her personal intervention in providing Sri Lanka with close to four billion dollars to stabilize the economy during last year’s financial crisis. 

High Commissioner Moragoda thanked Minister Sitharaman for the leadership that the government of India took towards the realization of the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement for Sri Lanka. He particularly thanked Minister Sitharaman for her personal involvement in taking up Sri Lanka’s case with bilateral development partners as well as multilateral financial agencies including the IMF in this context. 

As a token of appreciation and goodwill, High Commissioner Moragoda presented to Minister Sitharaman two volumes of the publication Urumayaka Arumaya by the Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka featuring murals of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara, which also include several murals that depict the gift of Buddhism to Sri Lanka from India, and a stone obtained from the stream flowing besides the Seetha Amman Temple in Seetha Eliya (Ashoka Vatika) in Sri Lanka.

High Commission of Sri Lanka
New Delhi 

27 September 2023

 
High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi initiates publication on Ramayana sites to mark the 75th anniversary of Indo-Lanka diplomatic relations PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 13:20

As the latest of a series of activities to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between India and Sri Lanka which falls this year, the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi has initiated a book project on Ramayana sites in collaboration with the internationally renowned publisher Dorling Kindersley Publishing Private Limited (DK) India.

The proposed book, with the working title “In the Footsteps of Rama; A Cultural Journey through India and Sri Lanka”, will feature the Ramayana sites both in India and Sri Lanka giving reference to the historical, archeological and mythological aspects of these sites.

DK, a publisher of high-quality illustrated reference books plans to bring out the final production of the book by July next year. 

The agreement pertaining to the publication was signed yesterday (25) at the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi. DK India’s Managing Director Aparna Sharma, Head Finance & Operations Alka Kumar, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda, Deputy High Commissioner Niluka Kadurugamuwa, Minister of the High Commission Upul Pushpakumara and Minister Counsellor Gamini Sarath Godakanda were present at the signing. 

High Commission of Sri Lanka
New Delhi
26 September 2023
 
High Commissioner Moragoda speaks at the first edition of the “Vaishali Festival of Democracy” at Nalanda University in Bihar PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Tuesday, 19 September 2023 10:20

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda said that the Satara Sampada or the four accomplishments preached by the Buddha could form a firm basis for a culture of democracy. He made these remarks while speaking at a panel discussion

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High Commissioner Moragoda meets Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Tuesday, 19 September 2023 10:15

Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda who was on a three-day official visit to the State of Bihar to attend the 'Vaishali Democracy Festival' met with the Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar on Saturday (16) at the latter's official residence in State Capital Patna. 

Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar extended a warm welcome to the Sri Lankan High Commissioner and his delegation. The ensuing discussion was held in a very cordial manner. 

The Chief Minister and the High Commissioner reviewed the strong civilizational links between the State of Bihar and Sri Lanka, particularly those that are based on Buddhism. High Commissioner Moragoda recalled how a large number of Sri Lankan pilgrims visit the holy Buddhist sites in the State of Bihar, including the most sacred of places of worship, Bodhgaya, and requested the Chief Minister to provide every possible assistance to these Sri Lankan Buddhist pilgrims visiting his State. In response, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stated how close he keeps Buddhism to his heart and conveyed his special interest in Sri Lanka.  

The ways and means to further develop existing ties between the State of Bihar and Sri Lanka were discussed during the meeting. 

Following the meeting, the Chief Minister took the High Commissioner to see the Bodhi tree planted in the garden of his official residence, the sapling of which was brought from the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya. 

As a symbol of the close civilizational connection between Bihar and Sri Lanka, High Commissioner Moragoda presented to the Chief Minister, a large reproduction of a Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara mural, which depicts Emperor Asoka ceremonially marking the right-hand branch sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, before sending it to Sri Lanka with his daughter Theri Sanghamitta to be planted in Anuradhapura. 

At the request of the Chief Minister, High Commissioner Moragoda also visited the Buddha Smriti Park in Patna, where a sapling from the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura has been planted. 

High Commissioner Moragoda invited the Chief Minister of Bihar to visit Sri Lanka at a mutually convenient date, which the latter accepted with pleasure. 

High Commission of Sri Lanka
New Delhi
17 September 2023
 
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