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State Vesak Festival to dazzle Nuwara Eliya
View(s):By Shelton Hettiarachchi in Nuwara Eliya
The State Vesak Festival will be held this year at the Nuwara Eliya International Buddhist Centre under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Special ceremonies are scheduled to be held at all temples throughout the Nuwara Eliya district from the 10th to the 16th, as part of the programme.
The theme of this year’s State Vesak Ceremony is ‘Let us associate with noble friends, endowed with virtuous qualities.’
The Registrar of the Nuwara Eliya Shasanarakshaka Balamandala, Ve. Kirioruwe Dhirananda Thera, said the Samasthalanka Sasanarakshaka Mandalaya with the assistance of the Ministry of the Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs and the Department of Buddhist Affairs are making arrangements to hold the State Vesak Festival in a grand and dignified manner.
Government and non-governmental institutions including district and divisional secretaries will be coordinating the activities.
The 154 schools comprising the Nuwara Eliya Education Zone will be lit up with 5,000 Vesak lanterns.
The Venerable Thero stated that the festival will include Buddhist processions, Buddhist devotional songs, Vesak pandals (thorana), dansal, Buddhist art exhibitions, archaeological exhibitions, tree planting events etc.
Nuwara Eliya District Secretary Thushari Tennakoon, officials from major Nuwara Eliya government institutions and the police and tri-services officers are working to make this state event a success.
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