True to the Buddhist doctrine – the uncertainty of life, vendors still going ahead with preparing Vesak decorations with no idea whether it will be of any use with the impending travel restrictions and a possible lockdown of the country during the Vesak week.
Due to the busy life of people, most people buy Vesak lanterns from shops instead of making them and also lighting of the traditional oil lamp has been replaced by multicolored digital bulbs. Here are some people preparing made-up Vesak lanterns, digital lights, and even bamboo sticks on either side of the road. This year, the Vesak Full Moon Poya Day is to be celebrated on the 26 and 27 of May 2021.
(Pix and Video by Pushpa Kumara)
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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