Russia Ukraine Poland Belarus Czech Republic United States Germany Romania China Italy France Slovakia Bulgaria Hungary United Kingdom Spain Latvia Israel Kazakhstan Netherlands Brazil Estonia Moldova Greece Lithuania Serbia Denmark Thailand Turkey India Egypt Switzerland Indonesia Belgium Vietnam Armenia Austria Canada Portugal Japan Finland Iraq Georgia Azerbaijan Colombia Singapore Sweden Slovenia Taiwan Croatia Mexico Norway Algeria Argentina Hong Kong South Africa Uzbekistan Jordan Australia Philippines South Korea Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Kyrgyzstan Tunisia Peru Pakistan Malaysia Ireland North Macedonia Ecuador Morocco Chile Nepal Cyprus Venezuela Sri Lanka Albania Puerto Rico Guatemala Dominican Republic Ghana Nigeria New Zealand Paraguay Luxembourg Malta Bolivia Syria Tajikistan Cote D'Ivoire Panama Lebanon Palestinian Territory Nicaragua Cambodia Montenegro Turkmenistan Laos Kenya Iceland Sudan Cameroon Uruguay Myanmar Honduras Mongolia Angola Reunion Costa Rica Mauritius Seychelles Ethiopia Cuba Libya Guadeloupe Andorra Iran El Salvador United Arab Emirates Kuwait Greenland Senegal Yemen Madagascar Macao Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Faroe Islands Isle of Man Antigua and Barbuda Maldives Kosovo Zimbabwe Brunei Darussalam Oman Somalia Belize Namibia Uganda Zambia Gibraltar Bahamas Saudi Arabia Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Mali New Caledonia Tanzania Afghanistan French Guiana French Polynesia Qatar Democratic Republic of the Congo Cayman Islands Rwanda Togo Curacao Mozambique Fiji Guernsey Benin Burkina Faso Jersey Mauritania Niger Republic of the Congo Suriname Botswana Martinique Bermuda U.S. Virgin Islands Guinea Guyana Gabon San Marino Malawi Aland Islands Bahrain Saint Pierre and Miquelon Mayotte Aruba Gambia Guam Liberia British Virgin Islands Bhutan Papua New Guinea Sint Maarten Burundi Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Vatican City Sierra Leone Haiti Comoros Guinea-Bissau Lesotho Vanuatu Solomon Islands Falkland Islands Dominica Palau Kiribati Eswatini Monaco Grenada Djibouti Saint Barthelemy Northern Mariana Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Cabo Verde Caribbean Netherlands Chad Saint Martin Sri Lanka Flag Meaning & Details 390 VISITORS FROM HERE! Sri Lanka Flag Flag Information yellow with two panels the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange the other larger panel depicts a yellow lion holding a sword on a maroon rectangular field that also displays a yellow bo leaf in each corner the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels the lion represents Sinhalese ethnicity, the strength of the nation, and bravery the sword demonstrates the sovereignty of the nation the four bo leaves - symbolizing Buddhism and its influence on the country - stand for the four virtues of kindness, friendliness, happiness, and equanimity orange signifies Sri Lankan Tamils, green Sri Lankan Moors, and maroon the Sinhalese majority yellow denotes other ethnic groups also referred to as the Lion Flag
Learn more about Sri Lanka »
Source: CIA - The World Factbook