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Sri Siddhartha Gautama

ශ්‍රී සිද්ධාර්ථ ගෞතම

2013

This reverent epic dramatizes the life of Prince Siddhartha, from his sheltered royal upbringing through his renunciation of the world in his quest for enlightenment and his path to becoming the Buddha. A lavish religious drama.

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