Symposia & Conferences: Recent submissions

  • Potential for heritage tourism in Kothmale region 
    Harshani, A. A. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage Tourism is traveling to experience the places, artifacts, and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present. Furthermore, people are seeking unique travel experiences that ...
  • A comparative study of representing heritage in the theme songs of major election campaigns in Sri Lanka and India 
    Jayasinghe, R.A.N.M. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Political Advertising is an effective method of communication. Political parties/institutions plan and design their political advertising campaign in the initial stage to get the maximum attraction from the people. These ...
  • Majuli as a heritage site 
    Goswami, Gitanjali; Sarma, Mousumi (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Majuli, renowned as one of the world's largest river islands is a conglomeration of Vaishnavite religion, natural beauty, art and craft, ethnic culture and traditions which need to be explored and showcased to the world. ...
  • Heritage in contemporary visual Art: the legacy of Raja Ravi Varma 
    Singh, Madhulika (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Nehru reflecting on the cultural heritage stated that ‘Indian Art is intimately associated with Indian religion and philosophy’. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a strong connection was established between art ...
  • Heritage as soft power:Buddhist and Hindu heritage of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan 
    Shakirullah; Jan, Ihsanullah (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Pakistan is a rich country with diverse Archaeological and Cultural Heritage. Everywhere, heritage has a role in fixing the real identity of the soft power of a nation, era, region and especially of human society. Without ...
  • Heritage as a tool of diplomacy:A case study of Narendra Modi-XI Zingping Meet at Mahabalipuram 
    Sharma, Bhawna (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Diplomacy has to renovate its tools to be relevant from time to time. It has many traditional tools like negotiations, bargaining and the newly found tool of “Heritage-Meet” etc. The Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra ...
  • Bodhgaya: A case study in the development of Buddhist heritage site 
    Morde, Aparajita (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Bodhgaya is a place of Buddha's enlightenment that assumes an important place in Buddhist cosmology. It is a leading tourist place for Buddhist devotees who throng the center daily to pay respect to the holy tree. The site ...
  • Heritage value of traditional board games 
    Balambal, V. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Games and sports are as old as our civilization. Those are considered as culture and many nations have accepted it as their cultural heritage. Culture shows the image of the nation. Games are the physical activities, which ...
  • Than & Sattra institution: a living heritage of Sankaradeva legacy 
    Borkakoti, Sanjib Kumar (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Assam has a living heritage belonging to the legacy left by the medieval saint Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449 AD - 1568 AD). Known both as Thân & Sattra, this institution has survived five centuries and is still flourishing. ...
  • Buddhist heritage and cultural diplomacy: A Buddhist path to cultural diplomacy 
    Singh, Arvind Kumar (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Shri Narendra Modi declared, at the “Samvad” conference in 2015, that India was “taking the lead in promoting the Buddhist heritage across Asia.” While India has a minimal Buddhist population, with only 0.7% of its people ...
  • The impact of e- services on cultural heritage towards the tourism in Sri Lanka 
    Jayarathne, D. N. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Tourism is the fastest growing field in Sri Lanka. Cultural Heritage tourism involves visiting places that are significant to the past and present cultural identity. This paper discusses the use of in-depth focus groups ...
  • Buddhist heritage diplomacy and India’s soft power strategy 
    Chauhan, Rakhee (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    This paper explores the teachings of Buddhism as heritage diplomacy in the context of India. Soft power and culture have become important tools of diplomacy for States as hard power. From the time of Jawaharlal Nehru’s ...
  • Ancient ethics and practices as a soft power on environmental conservation in Sri Lanka 
    Damayanthi, M.K. Nadeeka; Star, Cassandra (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Sri Lanka is one of the high biodiversity hotspots in the world. Despite the fact that country covering only 0.013 percent of the world’s land surface, it has the highest species density for flowering plants, and animals ...
  • The dominance of heritage politics in India 
    Charanda, Meena (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The heritage politics is a synonym with different phases of Congress party right from the days of independent struggle. The Congress party leadership such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, C.Rajagopalachari, ...
  • Dynamics in migration of Ashokan edicts in and around Delhi vis. soft power use by Muslim rulers in heritage politics 
    Singh, Bijay Beer; Sen, Chander; Ven. Sumedh Thero (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Delhi being Heritage city meagerly emphasized about Buddhist studies and Buddhism. Keeping our ongoing interest in 20th century opens such doors and force us to study such Ancient sites. The first in-situ rock edict was ...
  • Ancient and modern Indian soft power politics as message of peace in heritage generation and management 
    Singh, Bijay Beer; Sen, Chander; Ven. Sumedh Thero (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Historical evidences emphasized Indian culture is full of soft power on the path of Dhamma i.e. extensively used by Ashokan era (273–236 BC) and his followers. Ashoka's Dhamma was not simply a collection of high-sounding ...
  • An epigraphical analysis of women as patrons in ancient India with special reference to Buddhism 
    Gupta, Devendra Kumar; Saini, Sumiti (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Women have toiled along with men in the creation and development of social, religious, political and economic institution. According to the 2001 census, India, the land of the Buddha is home to 3,881,052 female Buddhist ...
  • Feminine beauty in art form during early medieval India 
    Kumar, Dilip K.; Singh, Amisha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Early Medieval India is well known for its temples, erotic sculptures and invasions, especially in the context of Chandella dynasty. When one deals with erotic sculptures and female sculpture, it is felt that they are full ...
  • Marginalized or Recognized? A study of the depiction of female figures of Pancanarighata in Kandyan Buddhist art 
    Biyanwila, Ayeshi (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The artistic motif which is known as the Pancanarighata is a combination of five acrobatic women in the form of a pot. Motifs of this acrobatic composite tradition of art are ubiquitous in Kandyan Buddhist Art of 17th and ...
  • An analysis of the influence of site interpretation in tourist satisfaction: with special reference to heritage sites in Sri Lanka 
    Gunasekara, Indrachapa (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Tourist satisfaction is identified as one of the major factor in tourism industry when delivering service to a specific market. Tourist satisfaction is influenced by different components. Information is an essential factor ...

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