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The greatest offering to the Sacred Tooth Relic by the indigenous community. It is an ancient custom to offer (pooja) the best honey taken from the jungles to the Sacred Tooth Relic on the first day of Randoli Procession. It was done today (18) morning as per the ancient custom by Uru Warige Wannile Aththo, […]

Nadungamuwe Vijaya Raja was the blessed ceremonial tusker to carry the Sacred Cascket on the 5th & the last Kumbal procession. Indiraja & Wasana was on either side showering their respect to the Sacred Relic. Lights, sounds & dancing was a glorious offering to Buddha. පස්වන සහ අවසන් කුඹල් පෙරහර දා විචිත්‍ර උඩරට නර්ථන, ගායන

It was a spectacular offering of lights, sounds & dancing to the Sacred Tooth Relic and the four diety while “Wasana” was the fortunate one to carry the beautifully adorned Relic Cascket on the fourth Kumbal Procession. දළදා පුරවරය අසිරිමත් කළ ඇසළ පෙරහර මහා මංගල්ලයේ සිව්වන කුඹල් පෙරහර දා පින් පිරූ වාසනා මඟුල් ඇතු පෙරහර

While “Singharaja” the Royal tusker dazzled the streets of Kandy on the 3rd Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival, the Kandyan dancers, drummers & other artists show cased the uniquely Sri Lankan culture මගුල් ලකුණෙන් සුසැදි සිංහ රාජා මඟුල් ඇතු තෙවන කුඹල් පෙරහර දා පෙරහර වීදි මග සරමින් කන්ද උඩරට ඇසළ පෙරහර මහා

“Indiraja” the ceremonial tusker, carrying the “Perahera Cascket” setting the streets of the citadel of Kandy aglow on the second day of Kumbal. පෙරහර වීදි මග අසිරි සිරියෙන් බබළවමින් දෙවන කුඹල් පෙරහර දා ඉන්දි රාජා මඟුලැතු පෙරහර කර‌‌ඬු වහන්සේ වැඩමවමින් කන්ද උඩරට ඇසළ පෙරහර මහා මංගල්ලය විචිත්‍රවත් විය. View Facebook post

Announcing that the first Kumbal Procession of the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2021 paraded the streets of Kandy after stepping on the moonstone at the auspicious time, invoking blessings to all beings and paying homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic with the dazzling lights & sounds. දළදා සමිඳුන්ට සියළු පුද සත්කාර බැතිබර හරසරින් දක්වා, සියළු

Many government & private organizations contributed their sponsorships today (12) at a meeting held at Sri Dalada Maligawa, to make the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival a successful event.Dialog PLC, National Lotteries Board, Development Lottery Board, Nestle Lanka PLC, Department of Public Trustee, Singer Sri Lanka PLC, People’s Insurance PLC, People’s Leasing & Finance PLC, Maliban

“Koppara” (dried up split coconuts) to light up the procession was donated by Sri Lanka Army. The Army Commander General Shavendra Silva handed over a tray of “Koppara” today (09) to mark this. Accordingly the army will donate about 10 tons of “Koppara” to light up the entire procession.For the past few years continuously, Sri-

The “Kap Chanting” which took place yesterday early morning marking the beginning of Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2021 was planted today (09) at the four devalaya premises at the auspicious time for this ritual. As the first ritual of the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival comes to an end, the inside procession will commence from today

The ” Kap” chanting ceremony for the “Kap planting was held today (08) early morning at the Dedimunda Devalaya in Aluthnuwara, marking the beginning of Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2021. The cutting of a selected Jak tree which has not borne fruits yet by using a silver axe is the ceremony of chanting “Kap” which