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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa placing the relic casket on the tusker Migara to begin the Colombo Gangaramaya’s annual Navam Perahera on Friday night. With him is the temple’s Acting Chief Prelate the Ven. Kirinde Assaji Thera. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and health guidelines, the perahera was limited to a small scale this year. Pic by Indika Handuwala

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