Aluth Sahal Mangalya from April 2-3
by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.
The 47 'Aluth Sahal Mangalya', offering fresh rich to the sacred Sri
Maha Bodhiya in Anuradhapura will be held on April 2-3. President
Mahinda Rajapaksa will be the chief guest. The ceremony will be
organised under the patronage of Ven. Pallegama Siriniwasa Nayaka Thera,
Chief Sanganayaka of North Central Province.
Over 12,000 farmers from various parts of the country will offer
fresh rice from their recent paddy harvest. Former Bingiriya Divisional
Secretary W.E. Jayathilaka at a meeting of the Kurunegala farmers'
organisations at the Bingiriya Agrarian Services Centre recently. |