The ritual of “Kiri Ithireema”
With the dawn of Sinhala new year the ritual of “Kiri Ithireema”, boiling of milk was done at Sri Dalada Maligawa at the auspicious time in the today (Apr14) morning. This was done by the Hon. Diyawadana Nilame, “Kariya Karawana Korala” & other officials amidst the chanting of “Pirith” by Maha Sangha. අලුත් අවුරුදු උදාවත් […]
The first harvest of the “Maha season” was offered to the Sacred Tooth Relic
The first harvest of the “Maha season” was offered to the Sacred Tooth Relic today (Mar. 26) by Mahaweli farmers. Farmers from Polonnaruwa, Badulla & Ampara districts took part in this offering of the first harvest representing the farming colonies in the Mahaweli region. මහවැලි ගොවීන් මහකන්නයේ දී න‍ෙලා ගත් අස්වැන්න‍ෙන් අග්‍ර ක‍ොටස දළදා හාමුදුරුවන්ට […]
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka visited Sri Dalada Maligawa
Her Excellency Julie Jiyoon Chung US Ambassador to Sri Lanka visited Sri Dalada Maligawa today(Mar.15) in the morning. She was received by Hon Diyawadana Nilame. The official inauguration of the project to upgrade and preserve the ancient World Heritage Kings Palace in Kandy was also held under the patronage of her excellency marking a turning […]
British High Commissioner visited Sri Dalada Maligawa
Her Excellency Sarah Hulton OBE, British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka visited Sri Dalada Maligawa yesterday (Mar. 09) evening. After obtaining blessings she met Diyawadana Nilame Hon. Pradeep Nilanga Dala in his office. බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ මෙරට මහ කොමසාරිස් සාරා හල්ටන් (Sarah Hulton OBE) මැතිතුමිය ඊයේ (මාර්තු 09) පස්වරුවේ මහනුවර ඓතිහාසික ශ්රී දළදා මාලිගාවට පැමිණ දළදා සමිඳුන් […]
Nadungamuwe Raja passed away
Nadungamuwe Raja, who was honored as the tallest domesticated tusker in South Asia passed away yesterday (Mar.07) after serving Sri Dalada Maligawa as the ceremonial tusker carrying the relic casket in the Esala Perahera Festival over a decade. Maha Sangha, Diyawadana Nilame and laypeople from all around the country gathered to Nadungamuwa in Gampaha district […]
Commemoration of Ven. Wariyapola Sumangala Thero
Before the Kandyan Convention was signed on the 02nd day of March in year 1815 at the “Magul Maduwa” the Audience Hall of the Royal palace of Kandy, the British hoisted the Union Jack ( their flag). Most Ven. Wariyapola Sri Sumangala thero, Deputy Prelate of Asgiriya chapter also in charge of Thewa at the […]
The new temple building of “Mathgamuwa temple” was declared open today
The new temple building of “Mathgamuwa temple” which is in the Malwathu temple premises was declared open today ( Feb. 05). According to ancient rituals the temple was handed over with a “Sannasa”( an official document of hand over) to Most Ven. Dibulkumbure Wimaladhamma thero, anu nayake of the Malwathu chapter by Hon. President. The […]
Tributes Hon D.S. Senanayake
Hon. D.S. Senanayake emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to independence from the British in year 1948. Today on the 74th National Independence day, his statue at Mahamaluwa was tributed with flowers in remembrance of his service in gaining independence. A simple program was organized to pay tribute to […]
The newly built Stupa in Kantale was offered to the Buddha Sasana
The newly built Stupa of Sri Rathanamangalaramaya in 92 place, Kantale was offered to the Buddha Sasana yesterday (Jan. 27) by exposing it’s conical spire. This was built under “Ape Sathkaraya” the social responsibility program of Sri Dalada Maligawa under it’s responsibility in reconstructing the rural temples in Eastern Province. The donors council of the […]
Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh visited Sri Dalada Maligawa
සිව් දින නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා දිවයිනට පැමිණි බංගලාදේශ නාවික හමුදා ප්රධානී, අද්මිරාල් එම් ශහීන් ඉක්බාල් මහතා අද (21) මහනුවර ශ්රී දළදා මාලිගාවේ සංචාරයක නිරත විය. දළදා සමිඳුන් වන්දනාකර ගැනීමෙන් අනතුරුව ශ්රී දළදා මාලිගාව පරිශ්රයේ පිහිටි ලෝක බෞද්ධ කෞතුකාගාරය නැරඹීමට ද එතුමා එක් විය Admiral M. Shaheen Iqbal – Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh, who […]
