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1500 Rupees Buddha Jayanthi
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | இலங்கை ශ්රී ලංකා SRI LANKA 2006 1500 ரூபாய் රුපියල් RUPEES |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the 2550th anniversary of the Parinirvana of the Buddha — a milestone date calculated from the traditional Theravada reckoning of 543 BCE as the year of his passing — this coin was part of a broader commemorative program coordinated across several Buddhist-majority nations in 2006. Sri Lanka, as a Theravada heartland with an unbroken monastic lineage traceable to the Mahavihara tradition in Anuradhapura, took particular institutional interest in the occasion. The government declared a national celebration lasting the full year.