Flag of Sri Lanka

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Sinha Flag Lion Flag
Use	Civil and state flag, civil ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	22 May 1972
Design	A golden field with two panels: the smaller hoist-side panel has only two vertical bands of teal and orange and the larger fly-side panel is the maroon field depicting the golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw in the center and four bo tree (bodhi tree) leaves on each corner, and the golden field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends in between the two panels, all bordering together.
Use	Auxiliary ensign used by merchant ship commanded by reserve naval officer
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	1972
Design	A blue field with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton.
Use	President's Colour
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	1972
Design	A defaced flag of Sri Lanka with the Emblem of Sri Lanka
Use	Naval ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	1972
Design	A white field with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton.
Use	Civil ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	1972
Design	A red field with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton.
Use	Air Force ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	2010
Design	A defaced sky-blue ensign with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton and Air Force roundel.

The flag of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාතික කොඩිය, romanized: Sri Lankave jathika kodiya; Tamil: இலங்கையின் தேசியக்கொடி, romanized: Ilankaiyin teciyakkoṭi), also called the Sinha Flag or Lion Flag, consists of a golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore-paw in a maroon background with four gold bo leaves, one in each corner. This is bordered by gold, and to its left are two vertical stripes of equal size in teal and orange, with the orange stripe closest to the lion. The lion and the maroon background represent the Sinhalese, while the saffron border and four bo leaves represent the concepts of meththa, karuṇā, muditā and upecka respectively. The stripes represent the country's two largest ethnicities, with the orange representing the Tamils inhabitants—namely the Sri Lankan Tamils and the Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka—and the teal stripe representing the Sri Lankan Moors (Muslims of Sri Lanka). The golden yellow border is a catch-all representing the various minority communities of the country.