Talk:Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy

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message: Your stub states that he became king by marrying. This is inaccurate. When Dona Catherina was placed on the throne by the portuguese in Kandy, Vimaladharmasuriya had already been crowned and had defended his kingdom in battle against Sitavaka Rajasimha who challenged him. read my article which was deleted.By marrying dona catherina, he did not become king, but underpinned his position. All portuguese and dutch publications refer to Vimaladharmasuriya as Emperor. Refer to the 1602 caption at the bottom of the picture, which states Maharaja. Raja is king, Maharaja is Emperor.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bebadda (talk • contribs) 07:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please update it to reflect what ever citations that you are using agrees with. Thanks Taprobanus (talk) 17:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I will try to update the article in the coming days as I need spend some time with a local conference. But dont give up on wikipedia. When I started no one mentored me but you are getting coached by three people, but dont get upset with them as non of them own this site and are volunteers like you who want to increase the cites information content. This site is owned by Wikipedia foundation a non profit organization. What ever you write here is completely free to be copied by anyone that's whay they are asking you to donate the contents, once you donate it is not yours at all. So that you know. Thanks Taprobanus (talk) 22:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: Your stub states that he renounced Catholicism and became a buddhist. There is no evidence to support this. This is what most Sinhalese buddhists believe, but one must be careful because many Sri Lankan rulers have been Hindu or Catholic, but patronized Buddhism for political convenience. It must be noted that although Sinhalese popularly want to make Vimaladharmasuriya their Sinhala buddhist champion, the Emperor himself allowed  Portuguese Catholic priests to remain in Kandy and they were responsible for educating his children. I am a Sinhalese buddhist, and not a Catholic, but on balance of probabilities, I would say that it is misleading to determine that he renounced Catholicism in favour of Buddhism. Also note that his children were baptized. Kumarasimha was baptized Xaviar Kumara Banda. See The historic tragedy of the island of Ceilão (html). João Ribeiro.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bebadda (talk • contribs) 07:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Dude, we don’t have many Sinhalese like you in Wikipedia that's why I am spending this much time trying to get you to become a proper wikipedia contributor and make our countries history written properly. So if you have a citation that supports your point of view you can add That monarch Vimaladharmasuriya I (we avoid epithets like Emperor and Kings because this is an encyclopedia and we can always find someone questioning it. Aryacakravartis called them as Emperors too, but how many will believe it even if Rajavaliya says so ?) is claimed to have renounced his Catholic faith (you cite what ever says that) but during his rule Catholic missionaries were allowed to function within the kingdom and his children were educated by Catholic missionaries (you provide the citation).This is how you write a balanced sentence following WP:NPOV in Wikipedia Taprobanus (talk) 17:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
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