1. The 9 individual sections of this flag are representative of the 9 administrative divisions of Sri Lanka, each in colours sampled from their respective regional flags. 2. The blue border represents the surrounding coastline of the island. 3. The tear-drop shape in the bottom right is influenced by the shape of the island, which is coloured with elements derived from the original flag of Sri Lanka that are representative of each indigenous people group that inhabits the island. 4. The central region of the flag represents the four major religions in Sri Lanka, with Buddhism as the largest and most influential of the four. 5. The lower and upper multi-toned triangles on the flag represent the physical geography of the nation: the mountainous south and the combined dry and rich grassy plains of the north. 6. The left side of the flag features a sticker of the De La Rue Company, a British private sector company responsible for the manufacture of the Sri Lankan rupee. 7. The upper left-of-centre contains a custom postage label, printed in the two major languages of Sri Lanka, Sinhala and Tamil. Alongside the torn BEIC sticker