The Weera Monarawila Keppetipola memorial Event
The Weera Monarawila Keppetipola memorial was honored with flowers today (Nov.26) in par with the 203rd commemoration. The hero who fought with the British empire with the pure intention of protecting his homeland, the Buddha sasana & the nation, standing up bravely sacrificing his life and who is among the top of the list of […]
The Karthika festival
The Karthika festival – the last festival of the year out of the four festivals, was held today the 18th on Ill full moon Poya day. As per the ancient rituals, a beautiful Perahera was held in Maligawa premises with the Perahera Casket being on parade followed by the lighted oil lamps being offered.Most venerable […]
The distribution of oil for “Karthika Festival
As per the age old tradition, the distribution of oil for lighting lamps for “Karthika Festival” took place today (Nov. 15). About 103 purified oil “nali” (a measurement ) was taken from Sri Dalada Maligawa to the Natha dewalaya premises and distributed by the “Kariyakarawana korale” (an official in charge). As per the karthika list, […]
Chinese Ambassador visited Sri Dalada Maligawa
Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Hon. Qi Zhenhong visited Sri Dalada Maligawa today (Nov. 14) evening. He also visited the Chinese gallery of the International Buddhist Museum of Sri Dalada Maligawa. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ චීන තානාපති චී. ජෙන්හොන් මැතිතුමා අද (නොවැ.14) පස්වරුවේ ඓතිහාසික ශ්රී දළදා මාලිගාවේ සංචාරයක නිරත විය. එහිදී එතුමන් චීන බුදු දහම නිරූපනය කෙරෙන […]
New Zealand high commissioner visited Sri Dalada Maligawa
New Zealand high commissioner to Sri Lanka His Excellency Michael Appleton visited Sri Dalada Maligawa today (Nov. 10) in the morning. His excellency and the officials of the high commission met Diyawadana Nilame – Hon Nilanga Dala & the Secretary of International Buddhist Affairs – Mr. Gamini Bandara for a discussion. His Excellency Michael Appleton […]
The first harvest of the “Yala Season” was offered to the Sacred Tooth Relic.
The meritorious act of offering the first harvest of the “Yala Season” called the “Siri Dalada Yal Aswanu Pooja” took place today (Nov.01) at the temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy.This event, which takes place annually was organized for the 6th consecutive time jointly by National Irrigation Management Division & The Ministry of […]
German Ambassador visited Sri Dalada Maligawa
German Ambassador to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Holger Seubert visited and took a tour of Sri Dalada Maligawa today (Oct.30)in the morning. He was received by the Hon Diyawadana Nilame and Secretary of Foreign Buddhist Affairs Mr. Gamini Bandara. Many important topics were discussed during the visit including the cultural relationship between the two countries. […]
Minister of Finance visited Sri Dalada Maligawa
Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Finance visited Sri Dalada Maligawa today (Oct.30) to obtain the blessings of the Sacred Tooth Relic. අමාත්ය බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද(ඔක්. 30) පෙරවරුවේ මහනුවර ශ්රී දළදා මාලිගාවට පැමිණ දළදා සමිඳුන් වැඳපුදාගෙන ආශිර්වාද ලබාගනු ලැබුවා Share With Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Share on email More To Explore
The annual Katina Cheewara Pooja
The annual Katina Cheewara Pooja (offering of a robe) festival of Sri Dalada Maligawa was held yesterday(Oct.22) & today(Oct.23). This festival which was held with the blessings of the chief incumbents of both Malwathu & Asgiri chapters, under the guidance of Most Ven. Thibbatuwawe Siddhartha Medhankara thero – Senior Committee Member of Malwathu chapter and […]
The Ambassador of Vietnam visited Sri Dalada Maligawa
Ambassador of Vietnam to Sri Lanka, Her Excellency Ho Thi Thanh Truc visited Sri Dalada Maligawa today (Oct.21)in the morning to obtain blessings of the Sacred Tooth Relic. Afterwards she and her team visited the international buddhist museum. A statue of prince Siddhartha carved using Vietnamese style was presented in remembrance of the long standing […]