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The 5th Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera 2023

Last Kumbal procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2023 which dazzled the city for five days, by the order of the ancient kings, with unique dance forms, official tuskers carrying the Relic Casket, spellbinding the onlookers. සිව් දිනක් සෙංකඩගල නුවර චතුරශ්‍ර වීථී බබළවමින්, නේත්‍රාභිවන්දනය ලත් කුඹල් පෙරහර මංගල්ලයේ අවසන් කුඹල් පෙරහර, මහා සම්මත නෘතයෙන් […]

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The 4th Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera 2023

Blessed seight of Kandula carrying the Relic Casket amidst the divine protection of the four Great Gods with Sinharaja & Miyanraja in tusker group. සිව්මහා දෙවියන්ගේ දිව්‍ය සුරැකුම් මැද සිංහරාජා හා මියන්රාජා දැලේ දරමින් කණ්ඩුල මඟුල් ඇත්රජ පෙරහර කරඬු වහන්සේ වැඩමකර වූ පින්සාර සිව්වන කුඹල් පෙරහර.

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The 3rd Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera (7)

The 3rd Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera 2023

Leading royal tusker of Sri Dalada Maligawa Stables, Indiraja carrying the Relic Casket with Kandula & Miyanraja in tusker group adding glamour to the 3rd Kumbal procession. ඇත් පන්තියට නායක ඉන්දිරාජා මඟුල් ඇතු කණ්ඩුල සහ මියන්රාජා ඇතුන් දෑලේ පිරිවර කොට සධාතුක පෙරහර කරඬු වහන්සේ දරමින් තෙවන කුඹල් පෙරහර විචිත්‍රවත් කළ අයුරු.

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The 2nd Kumbal Procession

The 2nd Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera 2023

Enchanting seights of the colourful second Kumbal procession, lightning up the streets of Kandy with Kopra torches and Sinharaja the royal tusker carrying the Relic Casket. කන්ද රටමහනුවර වීථි කොප්පරා පන්දම් පහන් එළියෙන් දිදුළවමින්, මඟුල් කුල ඇත් රජු සිංහරාජා පෙරහර කරඬු වහන්සේ වැඩවමින් දෙවන කුඹල් පෙරහැර විචිත්‍රවත් කළ පින්වන්ත දසුන් පෙළ. 

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The 1st Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera (3)

The 1st Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera 2023

The 1st Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival of 2567th year of the Buddhist Calendar stepped on the ancient moonstone at the auspicious hour, preserving the past royal norms and noble traditions, invoking blessings on all beings and dazzling the streets of Kandy. අතීත රාජ සම්මතයන් ද උත්තම දළදා සම්ප්‍රදායන් ද රැකගනිමින් සියල් සත්වගට

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The Planting of Kapa at the four Devalaya Premises (2)

The Planting of “Kapa” at the four Devalaya Premises 2023

The Planting of “Kapa” at the four Devalaya premises today. The “Kap Chanting” which took place yesterday early morning marking the beginning of Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2022 was planted today (Aug. 17) at the four Devalaya premises at the auspicious time for this ritual. As the first ritual of the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival comes

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The Donation Of Colorful Elephant & Tusker Costumes For KEP 2023 (1)

The Donation Of Colorful Elephant & Tusker Costumes For KEP 2023

The donation of vibrant & colorful elephant & tusker costumes for Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2023 took place today (Aug 11) morning at the Temple of The Sacred Tooth Relic.Mrs. Wasana Perera donated the set of costumes for the 5th consecutive time for the tusker group to be used on the 01st Kumbal procession scheduled

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Copra To Light Up The Procession Was Donated By Sri Lanka Army (1)

Copra To Light Up The Procession Was Donated By Sri Lanka Army

“Copra” (dried up split coconuts) to light up the procession was donated by Sri Lanka Army. The Army Commander Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage symbolically presented a tray of “Copra” today (Aug. 11th) to mark this donation. Accordingly, the army will donate about 20 KG of “Copra” to light up the entire procession. Vijayabahu infantry regiment

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2023 Kandy Esala Perahara Festival Procession Route

In anticipation of the grandest spectacle of the year: With our livery depicting Sri Lanka’s grandest procession and one of the world’s longest continuing cultural pageants, the Kandy Esala Perahera, taking place this month, we pay homage to the deepest notes of devotion whilst symbolizing the incredible talent of Sri Lankan artistes and the island’s

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