'Island of Light' free with SUNDAY OBSERVER

Island of Light: Buddhism in Sri Lanka, a 80 page full-colour book featuring a "Concise history and guide to sacred sites" of Sri Lanka, authored by T.Y Lee of Singapore, will be issued free with the Sunday Observer on May 22 to mark the 2600th Sambuddhathva Jayanthi.

The book, with a foreword by Ven. P. Gnanarama Thera, Principal of the Buddhist and Pali College of Singapore, is an invaluable resource for every Buddhist and also for travellers to the island. Illustrated with full colour photographs, it has a wealth of information on Buddhist sacred sites throughout the country, from the well-known to the obscure, along with their historical background.

The book also has details on several other non-religious cultural monuments and sites such as Sigiriya. The book covers places of worship in Colombo, Kotte, Negombo, Yapahuwa, Kandy, Matale, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Dambulla, among others.

It also has a detailed section on the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. The author has studied Buddhism extensively in Sri Lanka and Singapore and venerated in Buddhist sites all over the world. He has written this book as a service to the Buddha Sasana and distributed this book free in Singapore and elsewhere since 2010.

The publication of the book in Sri Lanka is a collaborative effort between the author and the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited.