For those not familiar with south Asian astrology, Visa Nekatha (Viśākhā Nakṣatra) is a lunar mansion historically associated with Vesak. Though Buddha said monks/nuns shouldn't practise astrology, Sri Lankans (including monks/nuns) often do.

https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Govt-says-Vesak-Poya-day-was-determined-by-Mahanayake-Theras/108-339393
#southasia #astrology #srilanka #sinhala #sanskrit #buddhism #vesak

Govt. says Vesak Poya day was determined by Mahanayake Theras - Breaking News | Daily Mirror

In the wake of certain people including some Buddhist monks raising concerns over changing the date of Vesak, the government yesterday reiterated that Vesak Poya was rescheduled for May 30 on the request of the Mahanayake Theras. ..

Switched my #LinuxChallenge laptop from Mint to Omarchy (Arch + Hyprland)! 🚀

Diving deep into keyboard-driven productivity with tiling window management. Still a work in progress, but the workflow is incredibly fast. Just added #Sinhala Wijesekara support via Fcitx5! ⌨️🇱🇰

Big thanks to LEARN, @EduNET_LK for the opportunity to explore the power of Linux.

#linux #edunet #archlinux #hyprland #omarchy #foss #srilanka #fediverse

A Sri Lankan photo-sharing space, not controlled by big tech.

Join pixelfed.lk

#srilanka, #SL, #ceylon, #srilankan, #sinhala, #pixelfed, #photography

Is anyone able to get the #Sinhala script that is the first word? I've tried some OCR tools, but they can't seem to transcribe it.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6w5rx6ik4qvl2jfw6orcnpup/post/3lofy4gnrjc2o
Bluesky

Bluesky Social
සිවරාම් ඝාතනය | ‘යුක්තිය’ නැතිව වසර 20ක්.. #Sivaram#Taraki | Audio Overview (AO) in #SINHALA https://youtu.be/BhxHQs3epc4?feature=shared #srilanka #lka #Sivaram #Justice @notebooklm
සිවරාම් ඝාතනය | ‘යුක්තිය’ නැතිව වසර 20ක්.. #Sivaram #Taraki | Audio Overview (AO) in #SINHALA

YouTube
I would like to believe that the Wijesekara keyboard is the most popular solution among #Sinhala users. But I know I am very likely to be mistaken. These days many people begin their Sinhala typing on mobile devices. They tend to start with some sort of a phonetic or "Singlish" solution.
Another wonderful morning to Sinhala-speaking #Emacs users : Singlish #Sinhala input method for Emacs has been released!
https://codeberg.org/sinhala/emacs-sinhala-singlish

#SriLanka
emacs-sinhala-singlish

Emacs සඳහා සිංග්‍රීසි ආදාන-ක්‍රමය

Codeberg.org