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Kelaniya Perahera ends tonight

The final night of the annual Kelaniya Duruthu Perahera will be held tonight. The perahera will begin at 8.30 p.m. with the handing over of the relic casket to the Chief Basnayake Nilame Dhammika Attygala by the viharadhipathi Ven. Prof. Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangarakhitha Nayaka Thera.

Our photographer Managala Weerasekera captured these scenes on Friday, the first night of the perahera and yesterday.

Viharadhipathi Ven. Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangarakhitha Nayaka Thera handing over the relic casket to Basnayake Nilame Dhammika Attygala. Also in the picture is Dayaka Sabha Secretary Jeyaraj Chandrasekera
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