i don't know that but i wish they would be Muslim .
Theravada Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism is the largest religion in the country. Only country which has pure Theravada Buddhism in the world.
According to the C.I.A. World Factbook:
"Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)"
Eliyahu Lankin died on 1994-08-10.
Eliyahu Lankin was born on 1914-09-25.
Someone has mentioned that Sri Lankan main religion is Hinduism. Please do not comment wrong statements about Sri Lankan Religion or History.There are few religions in Sri Lanka, such as Buddhism, Roman Catholic, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism . But SRI LANKAN MAIN RELIGION IS BUDDHISM.
Someone has mentioned that Sri Lankan main religion is Hinduism. Please do not comment wrong statements about Sri Lankan Religion or History.There are few religions in Sri Lanka, such as Buddhism, Roman Catholic, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism . But SRI LANKAN MAIN RELIGION IS BUDDHISM.
Buddhism is the religion they have in common.
Yes. The Tamil people who live mostly in the north of Sri Lanka are primarily Buddhist.
Most of sri Lankan citizens are Buddhists. Malinga is a sri Lankan citizen. So malinga is also a Buddhist.
When Sri guru Nanak Ji started it XD
She is Hindu, from the north of Sri Lanka which is mostly Tamils.
Hindu orgin(roots), but noe she is islam.
Most Sri Lankan cricketers believe in Buddhism. However there are a few Christians, Muslims and Hindus as well.
People of Sri Lanka can be categorised on two bases: ethnic groups and religion. On ethnic base biggest group are the Sinhalese and then the Tamils. On basis of religion followers of Buddhism form the largest community in Sri Lanka. As for education most rural people recieve traditional education. European government introduced western education in Sri Lanka.