United States China Russia Ukraine Canada France India Germany Brazil United Kingdom Romania Taiwan Vietnam Italy Bulgaria Indonesia Poland Spain Netherlands Turkey Philippines Australia Czech Republic Singapore Serbia Hungary Thailand Pakistan Japan Malaysia Ireland Mexico Belarus Venezuela Kazakhstan Greece Portugal Lithuania Morocco Egypt Hong Kong South Korea Colombia Sweden Argentina Bangladesh Iran Croatia Belgium Algeria Moldova Latvia Peru South Africa Dominican Republic Israel Saudi Arabia Slovakia North Macedonia Finland Slovenia Chile Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Norway Austria Estonia Switzerland Albania Tunisia New Zealand Armenia Cambodia United Arab Emirates Ecuador Azerbaijan Georgia Nigeria Cyprus Kyrgyzstan Sri Lanka Nepal Jordan Puerto Rico Barbados Uzbekistan Uruguay Costa Rica Panama Jamaica Bahrain Qatar Iceland Kenya Paraguay Bolivia Palestinian Territory Trinidad and Tobago Antigua and Barbuda Nicaragua Iraq Kuwait Luxembourg Malta Honduras Montenegro Guatemala Oman El Salvador Ghana Mongolia Laos Reunion Curacao Bahamas Myanmar Kosovo Madagascar Cote D'Ivoire Lebanon Macao Afghanistan Guyana Libya Tajikistan Seychelles Turkmenistan Syria Fiji Mauritius Senegal Namibia Angola Sudan Uganda Haiti Aruba Suriname Yemen Cameroon Bhutan Tanzania Gibraltar Guadeloupe Guernsey Burkina Faso French Polynesia Martinique Mozambique Saint Lucia British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Belize Dominica Zambia Gambia Botswana Ethiopia French Guiana Zimbabwe Monaco Isle of Man Jersey Bermuda Togo Gabon Cuba Mauritania Andorra Micronesia Maldives Faroe Islands Liechtenstein Benin New Caledonia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cayman Islands Grenada Democratic Republic of the Congo Timor-Leste Antarctica Malawi Rwanda Somalia Mali Solomon Islands Sint Maarten Guinea Vanuatu Guam San Marino Chad Cabo Verde Sierra Leone Saint Kitts and Nevis Niger Papua New Guinea Republic of the Congo Greenland Anguilla Eswatini Palau Tonga Turks and Caicos Islands Montserrat Marshall Islands Samoa Aland Islands Liberia Lesotho Equatorial Guinea Saint Martin Djibouti Mayotte Burundi Falkland Islands American Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Northern Mariana Islands Vatican City Saint Pierre and Miquelon Caribbean Netherlands Eritrea United States Minor Outlying Islands Central African Republic British Indian Ocean Territory Norfolk Island Svalbard North Korea Nauru Kiribati Cook Islands Comoros Sri Lanka Flag Meaning & Details 3,535 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