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The state ceremony for the National New Year’s oil anointing took place at the Kelaniya Vidyalankara Pirivena yesterday. Minister Chamal Rajapaksa is seen anointing the country’s biggest tusker, Nadungemuwa Raja, which carries the relics casket in the Dalada Maligawa perahera.
Pic by Indika Handuwala

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