i am Kmarini from UK Anura and all others who are grateful to Hugh Neville for bringing these items, especially the Ola Leaf Manuscripts to Uk and preserving them so well for 200 years. I have visited the museum and done research for over 10 years. Firstly, no one is allowed to take photos or videos, so what that has been done is illegal as the manuscripts are kept underground, wrapped in muslin cloth at -20 deg C in freezers.. Photos are not allowed to be taken, not even in museums in Colombo, so why abuse regulations of UK, think twice before doing such things, Flashlights harm the exhibits. Look at the Manuscripts kept at Keleniya university. They are wrapped in newspaper with weavils ( weiya) eating them and exposed to sunlight. We should be thankful to Hugh Neville for doing such a favour. British museums and Library doesn't charge people but Sri Lanka charges as the photographer said, it's a very high charge for tourists. Is he aware that Mr K D Somapala, the former Librarian of Peradeniya Arts Faculty has gone through all the 3500+ manuscripts and catalogued them as Hugh Neville Catalogues , all kept in the British Library for anyone to inspect. He took 25 years to complete this task. I live in the UK, I have volumes 5, 6, and 7 with me which I bought from Amazon . My research involved going through 43 of the 82 ola leaf (pus kola poth) manuscripts containing Ayurveda Prescriptions. I read through them, wrote summaries of them and presented a report to the Curator of India and South East Asia division, Ms Arani Ilankubaran ( parents from Jaffna). she managed to get funds from a legacy given to the library and is now digitlising them. She has also assured to give the Colombo Archives Dept a free copy and also a copy to me for all tis voluntary work i've don.I will lodge it at the library of Barberyn Ayurveda Resorts Weligama / Beruwala who have kindly sponsored my website work in preserving Medicinal Plants of SriLanka. You may view it on www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants, I am the coodinator of it. i have given the names of the 1347 plants contained in it in their Scientific names, Sinhala, Tamil, Sanskrit names . you may send any enquiries to me on the contact page in it. We have collaborated with Kew Gardens UK and I am a partner to Kew, their Medicinal plants portal, Kew MPNS (MedicinalPlant names services and happy to say my website and the collaboration is the first from Sri Lanka . In exchange to our agreement to Exchange Information with them, they provide all the updates regularly . So you can see how organisations in UK continue to help Sri Lanka. your presenter said there 's no one to translate any documents at British Library. I have volunteered to do so and I get many requests from them to translate documents. Lincoln Cathedral , UK has the ola leaf of the Budu guna Alankaraya - Weedagama thero wrote it. A friend in Sri Lanka translated a few pages it to English ( will complete 200 verses soon)as they are now reciting portions of it at their weekly forums. I have studied Pali and my Sinhala is OK although I lived here for 30 years. Lastly, I appreciate the comments on this page where some have pointed out as to why our people in Sri Lanka do not translate the Pali, also , heavy Sinhala sloka used in the ola leaf manuscripts or even expose the contents to the public voluntarily. People donate their whole assets to the library here, otherwise to digitalise each page is £ 1. 50 for first page and £ 1 for each of the rest.that's how the cost is, my project being covered to my project and I am thankful to the British. Lets all thank Hugh Neville for his initiative to bring them over and making it available free of charge to view them, here. you just need to become a member, no fee involved, even your photo is taken to put on your card free of charge. we tax payers pay for you the presenter to view it unlike in sri lanka Kumarini Samarasuriya, UK
Oyata godak sthuthi sahodaraya me video eka pennuwata.apata ape ithihasaye urumayan me horungen nidahas karagena newatha lankawata geniyanna hekiewda kawadaka ho
බ්රිතාන්යයන් එය රැකබලා ගත් නිසා, තවමත් මුළු ලෝකයටම පෙනෙන්නට තිබේ..! Because the British took care of it, there for it's still the whole world able to seem ..!!
@wolf-puppy Жыл бұрын
pala pakayo yanna uba hithuwada ape rateawurudu 2500k parissam karan hitapuwa thawa 200 yearsthiyan inna, apita thiyena watinakama suddata e gana na uba wage hagimak nathi ballantath na.paraya
Thank you for sharing this educational video with us ❤️. I'm an archaeological student in Srilanka. Please share more sections of the British Museum and archeological sites in the UK.
@ukjeewithe2 жыл бұрын
I will try to if i go again in the future. Good luck with your studies
Really Nice Job you have done thank you. also Buddha was born in sri lanka and this British people changed our history so badly. nothing came from India we had a great culture before. so sadly England destroyed every thing from sri lanka and also India and surrounding countries.
@rumeshkodippili2 жыл бұрын
නියමයි අයියේ වීඩියෝ එක. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@ukjeewithe2 жыл бұрын
Thank you ❤❤
@s-videos52772 жыл бұрын
Better it's safe there , otherwise sure it will be missed in SL, if you can remember what happened to Colombo Museum
@ukjeewithe2 жыл бұрын
Yes I remember we have to protect from the corrupt politicians.
@NiroshanDick1232 жыл бұрын
Definitely ...
@wolf-puppy Жыл бұрын
uba danna deyak na bn adatath gama wala panasal wala hamuduruwo ithuru dewal rakaganna widina duka dakkanam oma kiyanna enaha uba