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A golden field with two panels: the smaller hoist-side panel has only two vertical bands of teal and orange and the larger fly-side panel is the maroon field depicting the golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw in the center and four bo tree (bodhi tree) leaves on each corner, and
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We all agree with Deraniyagala when he considers that the defacing of the lion depicted upon Dutugemunu's flag in the famous Dambulla frescoes as a national loss. This, so far as we know, is the only ancient representation of the lion-flag of the
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The colors of the national flag are specified in the document "SLS 1: 2020: Specification for the National Flag of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka".
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The national flag of Sri Lanka represents the country and its heritage as a rallying device. Most symbols in the flag have been given distinctive meanings.
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respectively. The stripes represent the country's two largest ethnicities, with the orange representing the Tamils inhabitants—namely the
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the golden field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends in between the two panels, all bordering together.
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leaves, one in each corner. This is bordered by gold, and to its left are two vertical stripes of equal size in
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later established its own flag, while Sri Vikrama Rajasinha's standard was taken to England and kept at the
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The four Buddhist virtues of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity
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A defaced sky-blue ensign with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton and Air Force roundel.
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As the independence movement in Sri Lanka gained strength in the early 20th century,
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discovered the original Lioness Flag in Chelsea. A photo of it was published in
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A few examples of European Heraldic Lions and the Sri Lankan national flag
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Auxiliary ensign used by merchant ship commanded by reserve naval officer
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Flag of the Dominion of Ceylon (similar to current), 1951–1972
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This basic design continued to be in use until 1815, when the
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Golden Rock Temple of Dambulla: Caves of infinite Buddhas
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Standard of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Kandy, used as the
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A white field with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton.
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Lion Flag as depicted in the Constitution of Sri Lanka
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ended the reign of the country's last native monarch,
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A blue field with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton.
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Other minority communities of Sri Lanka, such as the
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The Sinhala ethnicity and the strength of the nation
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A red field with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton.
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The Proposer of the lion Flag, Mudaliyar Sinnalebbe
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state flag
civil ensign
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag

Use

Use
President's Colour
Emblem of Sri Lanka

Use
Naval ensign
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag

Use
Civil ensign
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag

Use
Air Force ensign
flag
Sri Lanka
Sinhala
Tamil
golden
lion

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