The Archives @slarchives
Welcome to The Archives - An archive of iconic imagery of our times & years gone by, published in Sri Lankan & International Press & other sources. Sri Lanka Joined July 2014-
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ජනාධිපති තුමනි (@GotabayaR) කාර්ය සාධක බලකායේ වෙනසක් කරන්නට කල් හරි වගේ.
Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera also threatens and reprimands Journalist & Political Activist Chapa Bandara & threatens to blow up ears #Lka
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There is some dark hilarity to how we our embracing this form of colonialism while still shaking our fists (& rightly so) at european colonisers of old. #lka (1)
Sri Lanka in talks with China to construct maximum security prison colombogazette.com/2020/12/10/sri… via @colombogazette #Srilanka #lka #China #prison @ChinaEmbSL
Holding Hands of Dhamma - Yesterday 23rd June happened to be the 96th Birth Anniversary of former president Ranasinghe Premadasa thearchives.lk/holding-hands-…
MR standing for Human Rights #lkahistory thearchives.lk/mr-standing-fo…
Of Town Halls & Tram Cars in the 50's #lkahistory thearchives.lk/3005-2/
Interesting Notice at NorthCove Cabanas #lkahistory thearchives.lk/interesting-no…
Great-grandson of Alexander Graham Bell capturing Elephants in Ceylon #lkahistory thearchives.lk/great-grandson…
Royalty at Temple of the Tooth - 1901 #lkahistory thearchives.lk/royalty-at-tem…
Chitrasena - 'One of the most virile dancers of any nation we have seen' Sydney Daily Herald #lkahistory thearchives.lk/chitrasena-one…
Tea Estate in Ceylon in 1920's #lkahistory thearchives.lk/tea-estate-in-…
Maha Sohona #lkahistory thearchives.lk/maha-sohona/
Ceylonese & Blind #lkahistory thearchives.lk/ceylonese-blin…
‘Puttalam Elephants’ 1944 #lkahistory thearchives.lk/puttalam-eleph…
Cargills Bldg., Fort late 60’s #lkahistory thearchives.lk/cargills-bldg-…
Ruwanwelisaya in :Minute Wonders of the World&' in 1933 #lkahistory thearchives.lk/ruwanwelisaya-…
The Haggling #lkahistory thearchives.lk/the-haggling/
60's Iconic Vogue model in Ceylon #lkahistory thearchives.lk/new-sun-looks-…
Guess the exact spot or Click-On-the-Pic & Read! #lkahistory thearchives.lk/bullers-road-i…
Bird's Eye view of Sober Island, Trincomalee #lkahistory thearchives.lk/birds-eye-view…
Souvenir Hunters -1944 #lkahistory thearchives.lk/souvenir-hunte…
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