Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne of the Sri Jayewardenepura University had done wide research during a long period on ‘Tamil Buddhist’.

The book ‘Tamil Buddhist’ based on his researches has won wide reader acclaim.

A plethora of matters of high importance to Sri Lanka and South India will be highlighted by the investigative lecture of professor Ariyaratne.

The Wesak commemoration lecture, parallel to the Chennai Wesak festival was inaugurated in 2003. Erudite personalities of Sri Lanka like Professor Sudarshan Seneviratne, Dr. Shiran Deraniyagala, Professor K.N.O. Dharmadasa, Professor S. Padmanathan and Professor J.B. Dissanayake have delivered lectures of this nature.