Greeting cards for Sri Lanka
10 holidays and observances locally associated with Sri Lanka.
The list below gathers every CardVerse occasion that Wikidata associates with Sri Lanka. It includes nationally observed public holidays, religious holidays of the country’s major faith communities, cultural festivals, and civic remembrance days. If you’re sending a card to someone in Sri Lanka, this page is a good shortcut for finding an occasion they’re likely to recognise immediately.
Some occasions appear under more than one country — widely shared holidays like New Year, Christmas and Mother’s Day may show up here even though they aren’t exclusive to Sri Lanka. For occasions that aren’t country-specific (birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy, friendship cards), see the categories index.
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Bak Full Moon Poya Day
public holiday in Sri Lanka, commemorates the second visit of The Buddha to Sri Lanka
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Binara Full Moon Poya
public holiday in Sri Lanka, commemorates The Buddha's visit to heaven to preach to his mother and celestial multitude
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Duruthu Poya
public holiday in Sri Lanka, commemorates Buddha's first visit to Sri Lanka
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Esala Full Moon Poya Day
public holiday in Sri Lanka
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Medin Poya
public holiday in Sri Lanka, commemorates the visit of The Buddha to his home to preach to his father King Suddhodana and other relatives
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Nawam Poya
public holiday in Sri Lanka
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Poson Full Moon Poya Day
public holiday in Sri Lanka
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Pres. Wijetunga Funeral
state funeral and public holiday in the Central Province, Sri Lanka
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Sinhalese New Year
Sri Lankan new year holiday
April 14 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Vap Full Moon Poya Day
public holiday in Sri Lanka commemorating when King Devanampiyatissa of Sri Lanka sent envoys to King Asoka requesting him to send his daugh…
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Cultural deep-dives for Sri Lanka
Beyond the dated calendar above, CardVerse keeps editorially curated cultural-detail pages for the major festivals of South Asia. Each one covers origin, native-language greetings, design tips and reference links.
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Cultural guide
Diwali
The five-day Hindu festival of lights celebrating the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness, observed by Hindus, Sikhs…
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Cultural guide
Maha Shivaratri
An all-night vigil honouring Shiva — the destroyer and renewer — kept by fasting, meditation, and the chanting of his names.…
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Cultural guide
Navratri
Nine nights of devotion to the goddess Durga in her nine forms, marked by fasting, garba dance, and Vijayadashami on the tenth day…
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Cultural guide
Pongal
A four-day Tamil harvest festival of thanksgiving to the sun, the rain and the cattle that work the fields.…