Flag of Sri Lanka facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Sri Lanka

Use	Civil and state flag, civil ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	May 22, 1972
Design	Dark red rectangular panel bordered yellow containing a yellow lion passant holding a sword upright in its right fore paw, and four pipul leaves, one in each corner, and next to the hoist two vertical stripes, green and orange, also bordered yellow together.
Variant flag of Sri Lanka
Use	Naval ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	1972
Design	White with the national flag in the canton.

Flag of Ceylon from 1948-1951

Flag of Ceylon between 1951 and 1972

The Flag of Sri Lanka, also called the Lion Flag, consists of gold lion passant, holding a sword in its right fore paw, in front of a crimson background with four golden bo leaves in each corner. Around the background is a yellow border, and to its left are two vertical stripes of equal size in saffron and green, with the saffron stripe closest to the lion.

It became the flag in 1950 following the recommendations of a committee appointed by the 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka D.S. Senanayake.

Images for kids

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  Flown at the Embassy in Warsaw

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  Displayed outside a stadium, in Leeds, UK

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  Mountaineer Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala with Sri Lankan flag atop Mount Everest

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  Hung vertically, along a street in Malaysia

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  Displayed along other flags, in London

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  Used at a sports event

See also

In Spanish: Bandera de Sri Lanka para niños