DS birth anniversary tomorrow
The 119th birth anniversary celebration of Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake will be held tomorrow at Independence Square, Colombo 7 at a ceremony with the participation of family members and Government and Opposition politicians.

The ceremony will commence at 8.30 a.m. opposite the D.S.Senanayake statue at Independence Square. The chief guest will be Minister Karu Jayasuriya. Mayor of Colombo Prasanna Gunawardena will garland the statue while Speaker Joseph Michael Perera will lay the wreath at the statue. President of the D.S. Senanayake Foundation PC Imbulana will also place a wreath.

Prizes will be distributed to winners of the essay competition organised by the Foundation to mark the birth anniversary. A gold medal will be presented to the best student of the Agriculture Faculty of the Peradeniya University.

Following the morning function invitees will leave for Mahiyangana for the religious ceremony to be held in the evening. A pahan pooja will be held at the Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara while an anusasana will be delivered by the chief incumbent.
On Tuesday, alms will be given to around 30 Buddhist monks.

Meanwhile functions are also to be held in Hingurakgoda, Ampara and Polonnaruwa to mark the birth anniversary.

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