Symposia & Conferences: Recent submissions

  • Chess and other board games as South Asian soft power: A 4000-year old tradition 
    Raghavan, Raamesh Gowri; Kamath, Dnyaneshwari; Dalal, Kurush F. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    “It may or may not be true what they say about the devil having all the best tunes, but there can be no doubt that the people of Asia have all the best games. What's more, they seem to have had them longer than anyone else, ...
  • Ravage and Revival ‘Martand’ temple – Kashmir (Circa 6th Century A.D.) 
    Yegnaswamy, Jayalakshmi (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Located around five miles from Anantnag town the Martand Temple in the southern part of Kashmir is one of the oldest ‘Sun’ temples in India, which although holds historical importance yet as a neglected monument it is lying ...
  • Promoting Sri Lankan cuisine to the world: lessons from Thailand 
    Fernando, Amalini (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Intangible cultural heritage plays a major role in cultural public diplomacy and nation branding. In recent years, gastro diplomacy has emerged as a particularly successful public diplomacy initiative, not only because ...
  • Special characteristics of image houses in temple architecture of British period Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka 
    Gunarathna, Navoda Udari (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    In 1796, when British commenced their rule in the coastal region of Sri Lanka, the ecclesiastical status of the colony was uncertain. The people of the littoral region of Sri Lanka started facing a huge suppression regarding ...
  • Branding and marketing heritage in tourism: A survey based on the Temple of the Tooth Relic 
    Rajanayake, R. M. C. P. K.; Karunathilake, M.M. B. P. K.; Rupasinghe, C. S.; Hewawasam, S. S. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Historical and cultural heritage sites are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Sri Lanka which contributes to the highest percentage of national income. However, this income is mainly accreted through direct ...
  • Homestay concept in heritage sites (A case study in Kegalle district) 
    Dhananjani, S. A. D. N. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage can be defined as ways of living, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values. Tourism is one of the most important foreign generating industries as well it is a gate to a stable ...
  • A study of importance of Shanthikarma as soft power for country branding of Sri Lanka 
    Panampitiya, W. M. G. N.; Rev. Dhammasara, T. Thero (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Soft power is a new type of power that can be used to brand nation and country, association with intangible power sources such as culture, ideology and institutions. Over the human civilization, many communities have ...
  • An identification of the involvement of British colonial architecture to the tourism industry in Sri Lanka: Special reference to Colombo region 
    Weerasingha, W. S. I. K.; Senarathna, T. M. C. D. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    In 1815 the British Colonizers established their regime in the Dutch Ceylon. Although the colonial architecture scenario was stared during the era of Portuguese, the city of Colombo is massively contained with the British ...
  • Significance of heritage education at elementary level - with special reference to Tribal’s of Samba District (Jammu and Kashmir) 
    Kour, Paramjeet; Suri, Kavita (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Cultural Heritage is regarded as a cluster of data that follows in the lives of human beings and helps them to collect, preserve with new elements, sustain its continuity and transmit it to the next generation. Culture ...
  • The importance and value of ‘Sandesha Kavya’ in Sri Lanka 
    Nanayakkara, Kaveesha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    In Sri Lanka ‘Sandesha Kavya’ were written to pass a message from one place to another place and the specialty is, the apostle in most ‘Sandesha Kavya’ is a bird. ‘Meghaduta’ is the world first ‘Sandesha Kavya’ written by ...
  • How storytelling influences promotion and education purpose of a cultural heritage: A study on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum 
    Chakraborty, Barota; Jahan, Qazi Afrin (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Though cultural heritages are interpreted differently to different people over the globe, they tend to secure the significance and development of cultural wealth for future generations. Many museums around the world have ...
  • Sri Lankan traditional culinary heritage for personal image building 
    Gayathri, P.; Ganeshan, Krishantha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The study of Sri Lankan Traditional Culinary Heritage for personal image building is a major outcome of Sri Lankan identity built through culinary heritage. As a result of this study, culinary heritage is clarified as soft ...
  • Milindapñha: The text and its times 
    Shukla, Renu (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The celebrated work Milindapñha, which is preserved in the Pālī language, is considered as ‘the most important non-canonical work of the theravāda’ Buddhist ideology. It is composed in the form of a dialogue between the ...
  • Jaina art: A lost Tradition of peace and tolerance in Pakistan 
    Rana, Asif Mahmood (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Abandoned Jaina temples along the major trade routes in the provinces of Punjab and Sind in Pakistan exhibit a particular genre of art in the form of sculptures, large frescos, and painted miniature scenes of meditation ...
  • Representation of ‘Struggle for freedom and human rights’ in the Liberation War Museum of Bangladesh 
    Ahmed, Maliha Nargis; Afrin, Azmaree (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The Liberation War Museum Bangladesh was established in 1993 through a private initiation in a colonial period two-storied house. The original museum consisted of six galleries with almost 13,000 objects. In 2017 the museum ...
  • Examining heritage as a soft power: Indian experience 
    Raja, N. K. Kumaresan (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Asian heritage would be the best possible name to identify the cultural landscape of Asia. When the cartography of the modern world divided the heritage landscape as the Nation States, India still has the pride of being ...
  • Rebranding Zimbabwe’s global image through heritage: Lessons from India use of heritage as soft power 
    Matemba, Cathrine K. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage possesses a tremendous propensity to transform and shape international affairs. With the advent of globalization, heritage has emerged as a forceful effectual agent of soft power capable of revolutionizing ...
  • The Impact of Sinhalese films to promote studying monarchs of Sri Lanka (Based on 08 selected sinhala films) 
    Mallawaarachchi, Asitha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    According to the Mahawansa, the first kingdom of Sri Lanka was established in the year 435 B.C. by Prince Vijaya. The Sri Lankan monarchs that began with Prince Vijaya ended in the year 1815 A.D. with King Sri Wikrama ...
  • Heritage enhancement, a soft power to handle with care 
    Delalande, Claire (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Is it possible to consider heritage enhancement as a soft power in the service of a population or a state? What benefits this usage could entail? What would be the drawbacks and drifts that could arise? Many questions ...
  • B.P. de Silva: The legacy of Asia’s finest jewelers 
    Dissanayake, D. M. K. G. K.; Windsor, R. D.; Wijayarathna, W. K. M. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    B.P. de Silva is a heritage classic family of Sri Lanka. Balage Porolis de Silva, a Sinhalese Buddhist of Magalle on the South Coast of Sri Lanka, founded the company. In 1872, he landed in Singapore and rented a shop for ...

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