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World Tourism Day falls today:
'Men don't get it'
Promotion of Gender equality, this year's theme:
Over 870 million travelled in 2005 to Sri Lanka
and by 2010 the figures are expected to exceed one billion. Tourism
today is a basic human right. If one desires, has the means and the
time one can opt to travel. Tourism is all about people's dreams, it
is a lifestyle industry; the sun, sea sand and style.
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Binara full moon poya day marks the inauguration of the Order of
Bhikkunis
The Buddha laid eight major conditions (Ashta
Garu Dharma) for the female to enter the Holy order of Nuns and Maha
Prajapathi Gothami was allowed to become the first Bhikkuni only if
she was willing to accept them. Since she was willing to abide by
Ashta Garu Karma, she could get the Bhikkuni Sasana established. At
the beginning there were five hundred Bhikkunis in the Bhikkuni
Sasana.
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The blessed month has arrived....!
Ramadhan is the ninth month in Islamic lunar
calender. Ramadhan comes once each year giving every fasting Muslim
a spiritual and physical improvement which lasts until the following
year.
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