Events

Annual 'Varna Pooja' completed for eleventh consecutive year

Lankem Paints Ltd, manufacturers and marketers of Robbialac Paints successfully completed its annual 'Varna Pooja' - the painting of the entire Dalada Maligawa complex in Kandy - ahead of this year's Esala perahera.

What has now become one of the numerous rituals associated with the Temple of the Tooth, this annual 'Varna Pooja' by Lankem Paints is one of the key highlights in its annual calendar and is now in its eleventh year

"It is with utmost devotion that Lankem has undertaken to colour wash and paint all buildings and outer walls of the Sri Dalada Maligawa.

May the blessings of the Tooth Relic of the Lord Buddha be showered upon Lankem and its employees who contributed in numerous ways to undertake the meritorious deed", Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter, Rajakeeya Panditha Most Venerable Mahopadyaya Galagama Dammadassi Sri Dhaammananda said.

The Deputy Prelate of the Malwathu Chapter, Prof Sahithya Chakrawarthee Niyangoda Dharma Kirthi Sir Sangharakshitha Vijithasiri Maha Thera also expressed similar sentiments.

The first Randoli Perahera will parade the streets of Kandy on Tuesday August 25.

The Perahera culminates with the Final Randoli Perahera on Saturday 29 August followed by the Dawal Perahera (Day Perahera) the following morning.

Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela also thanked Lankem Paints for its continued support in painting the Dalada Maligawa for the record eleventh consecutive year.

Director Lankem Ceylon PLC Ruwan T. Weerasinghe said, "We began this Varna Pooja as the first individual organisation to undertake a project of this nature. The Dalada Maligawa is one of the most sacred and venerated symbols of the Buddhist world. It is thus our honour and privilege to paint the entire complex for eleven years in a row ahead of the Esala Perahera".

In 2002 Lankem received the ISO 9000 certificate and became the first ISO 9000 certified paint company in the country. Similarly the Lankem paint factory at Ekala was the first paint manufacturing facility to receive SLS ISO 9001:2008 for Quality Management Systems.

Thread screen at CFW's 'Swim'

American & Efird (A&E) Lanka, a fully- owned subsidiary of one of the world's premier industrial sewing thread manufacturer, American & Efird LLC, USA, went onto exhibit an artistic visual installation made out of thread and also engage the audience real-time at the recently concluded 'Swim' by Colombo Fashion Week (CFW).

A&E Lanka featured a creative masterpiece titled 'Thread in Life' which was prepared with over 100,000 meters of A&E thread and artistically composed on 15 layers of glass by Nalin Jayasena, a local creative artiste.

"The first-ever annual CFW Swim recently concluded with great success attracting the best in the industry and we take great pride to be a key partner. We're also very delighted for the immense response received towards the #ThreadMe initiative on-site and the Thread in Life masterpiece,' Priyantha Aluthwatte, Managing Director of A&E Lanka, said.

'The CFW swimwear season will be featured in the global landscape in the years to come attracting local and international swimwear designers and manufacturers, and uplift Sri Lanka's talent and capabilities in this area. We look forward to partner on similar initiatives in the future,' he further added.

As part of one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of industrial sewing thread, embroidery thread and technical textiles, A&E Lanka operates with state-of-the-art manufacturing and a total commitment to quality. A&E Lanka boasts a large share of the Sri Lanka market for sewing thread.

Through its global network, A&E's products are manufactured in 23 countries, distributed in 50 countries and sold in over 100 countries.