National Flag Of Sri Lanka

The national flag of sri lanka also called the flag of the lion is composed of a golden lion holding a sword in its right foreleg in front of a crimson background with four golden leaves of ficus religious one in each corner.

National flag of sri lanka. A defaced white ensign with the flag of sri lanka in the canton influenced by the british design. The flag of sri lanka also called the lion flag consists of gold lion passant holding a sword in its right fore paw in front of a crimson background with four golden bo leaves in each corner. The country has a rich cultural heritage dating back thousands of years. Around the background is a yellow border and to its left are two vertical stripes of equal size in saffron and green with the saffron stripe closest to the lion.

The army flag defaced with the insignia of the sri lanka army. Prior to 1815 the gold lion was originally the national flag of ceylon. 1972 flag of the sri lanka army. The national flag of sri lanka it not only represents the country and her heritage but is a rallying device that integrates the minority races with the majority race.

The proportion of the sri lankan flag is 1 2. Design of the sri lankan flag. The smaller hoist side panel has only two vertical bands of green and saffron and the larger fly side panel is the maroon field depicting the golden lion holding the kastane sword in its right fore paw in the center and four bo tree. In february 1948 ceylon was preparing to celebrate independence and had to decide on a national flag.

The present day national flag is an improvisation of the civil standard of the last king of sri lanka sri wickrama rajasingha. The four pipul leaves are buddhist symbols and the sword represents authority. On this modern version the green represents muslims and the orange represents hindus. The flag of sri lanka was adopted in 1972.

Sri lanka national flag. A yellow field with two panels. A defaced national flag of sri lanka with coat of arms of sri lanka. It was drawn by a commercial british artist from a faded original and was clearly influenced by european heraldic lions.

However the country adopted its current name and flag in 1972. 2010 air force ensign of sri lanka. It has been observed that this lion does not resemble any of the lion motifs in sri lanka. Around the bottom there is a yellow border and to the left there are 2 vertical stripes.

The sri lanka flag was officially adopted on december 17 1978. The democratic socialist republic of sri lanka commonly known as sri lanka is a south asian island nation. The used colors in the flag are red green yellow orange. Civil and state flag civil ensign.

Lion flag sinha flag.