National Trust lecture: Hindu sculptures in Sri Lanka
View(s):The 69th Lecture of the National Trust of Sri Lanka titled “Evidence of a Sri Lankan school of Hindu Sculpture” by Sirinimal Lakdusinghe, former Director of the Dept of Museums will be on Thursday, January 29 at 6.30 p.m. at the HNB Auditorium, at 479 T.B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10.
“Since the beginning of archaeological works in Sri Lanka many Hindu sculptures both in metal and stone have been discovered; some as sporadic finds or excavated hoards. Divergent views have been expressed on the origin of Hindu Sculptures especially of bronzes; but up to the present no scholarly attempt has been made to decide whether there was a tradition of making Hindu sculptures in Sri Lanka.”
Sirinimal Lakdusinghe, the former Director of the Department of National Museums and the former Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology has been carrying out research in this field for more than 40 years.