SAARC Cultural Centre in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya is organizing a lecture by Professor Osmund Bopearachchi, Emeritus Director, French National Centre for Scientific Research (C.N.R.S.-E.N.S. Paris) on the Topic- Contradictions in the Texts and Confusions in the Iconography: Revisiting the theme of the Great Departure of the Bodhisattva Siddhārtha in the Ancient Buddhist Art of India and Sri Lanka” on Friday, 28th July 2023 10:30 am at Social Sciences Auditorium, Department of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya.