Page 8 - The Origin and Early Spread of The Buddhist Flag 佛旗的缘起与传播

On 27 January 1884, Colonel Olcott led the

Buddhist leaders of Ceylon to form the

Buddhist Defence Committee. He also became

an honorary member of the committee at the

suggestion of the committee’s vice-chairman,

Don Carolis, to assist the committee in

fulfilling the mission of the organization.

The forgotten designer of the Buddhist flag:

Carolis Pujitha Gunawardena

Carolis Pujitha Gunawardena (1854–1926) was

the secretary to the Buddhist Defence

Committee (1884) and Colombo Committee

(1885). At that time, he was around 30 years

old, one of the very small number of the

Commission’s youth.