{"id":14,"date":"2025-05-05T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pali\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:49:15","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arts.pdn.ac.lk\/Pali\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca58f0 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ca58f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa4bc90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa4bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d87e11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d87e11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Preserving Tradition, Advancing Knowledge \u2014 A Center for Academic Excellence at the University of Peradeniya<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115566c e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"115566c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a76ce3 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0a76ce3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52922e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-liquid-hover-image happy-addon ha-liquid-hover-image\" data-id=\"52922e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-liquid-hover-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-lhi-area style-1\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-lhi-image-area\" data-settings=\"{&quot;plugin_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/arts.pdn.ac.lk\\\/Pali\\\/wp-content\\\/plugins\\\/happy-elementor-addons\\\/assets\\\/imgs\\\/&quot;,&quot;first_image&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/arts.pdn.ac.lk\\\/Pali\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/IMG_6371.jpg&quot;,&quot;second_image&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/arts.pdn.ac.lk\\\/Pali\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/IMG_6372-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;hover_effect&quot;:&quot;parallel.jpg&quot;,&quot;intensity&quot;:&quot;0.3&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:1,&quot;angle&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;hover_style&quot;:&quot;style-1&quot;,&quot;style_1_direction&quot;:&quot;left&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-lhi-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.pdn.ac.lk\/Pali\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6371.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629b607 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"629b607\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d7ee35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d7ee35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rooted in Wisdom, Rising Through Scholarship<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b52076 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b52076\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Situated within the historic University of Peradeniya\u2014Sri Lanka\u2019s premier institution of higher learning\u2014the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies stands as a beacon of academic and spiritual inquiry. With a legacy steeped in tradition and a vision attuned to contemporary scholarship, we offer comprehensive programs in Pali language, Early Buddhism, Theravada thought, and Buddhist culture. 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