- The Kalinga-Lanka Foundation was launched at the Sri Lankan High Commission to develop unique ties with individual Indian states, cultural linkages with the Island nation
- Kalinga-Lanka Foundation has marked ties with Odisha– traditionally known as Kalinga– and Sri Lanka
- Both similar in nature will explore human and mineral resources, would also promote research in socio-cultural and economic ties and give institutional support to scholars and artistes
- Odisha and Sri Lanka ports offer easy access to the markets of South East Asia.
- The relationship with Odisha is linked to the rise of the state’s mining industry.
- The cultural, linguistic and behavioural similarities of Odisha and Lanka are common and heritage like the Buddhist Diamond circuit of monuments in the state are focus areas of the foundation.
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/lanka-pushes-for-entrepreneurial-ties-with-odisha/article6073496.ece
Exams Perspective:
- India Srilanka Bilateral Relations
- Buddhism
- Historic links with Srilanka