Sri Lanka Nylon Flag

About Our Sri Lanka Nylon Flag

A gold bordered green and orange vertical bicolour portion was added to the flag in 1951 and the Bo leaves were more spear like. In 1972 the design changing slightly depicting rounder Bo leaves. Each element of the flag has a specific meaning. The leaves represent Buddhist loving kindness, compassion, equanimity and happiness, the lion represents bravery and the Sinhalese people, the sword is bravery, curly represents hair wisdom, the tail is Noble Eightfold Path and the beard the purity of words. The red represents Sinhalese people, green the Muslim faith, orange Tamil ethnicity and yellow is all cultures.