The Binara Perahera
of the Matara Manthinda Piriven - Temple was held under the
patronage of Chief Incumbent Ven. Getamanne Dhammakithi
Nayaka Thera recently. Here Agriculture Minister Mahinda
Yapa Abeywardena places the Casket of Relics on the
caparisoned elephant at the commencement of the Perahera.
Pic: A.W. Gunawardhana, Matara Central Cor.
School stationery are
distributed free to schoolchildren of low income groups in
the Colombo district under the patronage of the Duminda
Silva Foundation. Here Hambantota district MP Namal
Rajapaksa presents a stationery parcel to a beneficiary at a
ceremony held at Gothatuwa school recently.Colombo District
MP R. Duminda Silva looks on.
Pic: by A. Sumanasena – Kolonnawa Group Correspondent.