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Thousands expected to visit Kelaniya during Perahera week
View(s):More than 50 elephants and 2,500 dancers will grace the Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihara Duruthu Perahera on Friday, January 25. The Dewadutha Perahera and Uda Maluwa Perahera will be held on January 22, 23 and 24, followed by the Maha Perahera on January 25. Folk dances of Udarata, Pahatharata and Sabaragamuwa will be performed.
Annual spectacle: The Kelaniya Perahera last year (file pic)
The perahera patron is the Ven. Professor Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangarakhkhitha Thera, Chief Incumbent of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara. Other dignitaries who will preside at the Perahera are the Chief Basnayake Nilame Dhammika Attygala and the Basnayake Nilames of the Vishnu, Vibheeshana and Kataragama Dewales.
For the 14th successive year, Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC, pioneer makers of herbal personal care products, will be sponsoring the “Aloka Poojawa” of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya.
Swadeshi supports the Aloka Poojas of the temples that honour the four guardian gods of Sri Lanka: Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya honours God Vibishana; Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya honours God Kataragama; Saman Devalaya Ratnapura God Saman, and Devundara Uthpalawarna Sri Vishnu Maha Devalaya God Uthpalawarna Sri Vishnu.
“We are honoured to have supported this event for more than a decade,” said Mrs. Amari Wijewardene, Managing Director and Chairperson of The Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC. “As a truly Sri Lankan brand, we will continue to be a part of this blessed path, which I believe will also bring blessings to the whole of Sri Lanka.”
Mrs. Wijewardene is the great-granddaughter of Helena Wijewardene Lamatheni.
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