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The historic Tantirimale Raja Maha Viharaya area was bathed in light yesterday with the start of the “Lankadeepa Poson Aloka Poojawa,” organised by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd (WNL), the publishers of the Sunday Times. It is being held for the13th consecutive year.

The Aloka Pooja will be held today and tomorrow also. Wijeya Newspapers Ltd has also organised many other religious programmes in and around the Tantirimale sacred site during this period.  A large number of devotees attended yesterday’s Aloka poojawa.

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