Professor PVM Karunaratne, Professor GM Ranathunga of FDPD, Department of Textile & Apparel Engineering, University of Moratuwa and Professor Rohitha Dasanayaka from University of Peradeniya nominated by the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, as state nominees to represent Sri Lanka at the SAARC Regional Seminar "Interpreting Shared Heritage: Cross-Cultural Narratives in Museums in the SAARC Region," held 30 September–1 October 2026 in Lalitpur, Nepal. The seminar was organized by the SAARC Cultural Centre, Sri Lanka, and Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the seminar gathered museum professionals, scholars, policymakers and heritage experts. Ambassadors of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to Nepal and India's First Secretary were special invitees. Sri Lankan scholars presented the Ehelepola Walawwa Wax Museum, Kandy, South Asia's first wax museum, as a repository and communicator of royal costume heritage to the SAARC region.
