The Government of India gifted 16,000 candles as a special gift from the people of India to the people of Sri Lanka to mark the auspicious occasion of Vesak.
The first consignment of candles will be handed over to the Dalada Maligawa by the Indian High Commission in Colombo.
The candles have been specially handcrafted from the paraffin wax produced at the world’s oldest operating refinery in Digboi in Assam in North Eastern India.
The historic Digbou refinery commissioned in 1901 is considered the birth place of the Indian Oil Industry. It is operated by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), India s largest commercial enterprise with a sales turnover of $61 billion. Lanka IOC PLC, the subsidiary of IOC has been operating in Sri Lanka since 2002.
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