The first of the four great annual festivals is the New Rice Festival every year, where the first harvest from the fields belonging to the Dalada Maligawa is brought and offered to the ... begin with ...

The Meda Maluwa Perahera of the historical Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya paraded the streets on Saturday night (11). Basnayake Nilame of the temple, Dhammika Attygalle, is seen receiving the sacred ...

The Duruthu Perahera festival in Kelaniya was held last night. The event is celebrated annually in January with the participation of elephants, dancers, drummers and musicians.

The Aluth Sahal Mangallaya, the offering of milk rice made from the first harvest, happend on this Duruthu Full Moon Poya day morning. This is the first of the four festivals held to pay homage to ...

Aviyana Ceylon will host traditional events weekly, featuring artists from the Dalada Perahera in Kandy. We’re also bringing world-renowned chefs who have not visited Sri Lanka before. Security is a ...

The 2025 Appropriation Bill sets government expenditure at Rs. 4,616 billion, with defence sector allocations remaining high as in previous years. The Bill was presented to Parliament on Thursday by ...

Sepal Amarasinghe was arrested by a special CID team at Bellanwila for his statement on the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Police said. President Ranil Wickremesinghe had instructed the IGP to ...

The Sri Dalada Esala Perahera of the Scared Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy commenced with the ‘Kap Situweema’ ceremony this morning (Aug 05). The ‘Kap Situweema’ ceremony of ‘Natha’, ‘Vishnu’, ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the IGP to initiate an immediate and comprehensive investigation regarding the construction of a fake Dalada Maligawa in Pothuhera, Kurunegala. The ...

The annual Sri Dalada Perahera of the Jayawardenapura Kotte Rajamaha Viharaya was held yesterday (September 3) on a grand scale. The great event will be followed by the Water Cutting ceremony on ...