The Gangarama Navam Maha Perahera will take place today (Feb 18) and tomorrow from 7 pm onwards.
The perahera will commence from the Gangarama Temple and proceed towards Perahera Mawatha, Temple Trees and then towards Sri Jinaratne Mawatha and return back to the Temple.
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to engage in religious rituals as well as placing of the relic casket at the beginning of the perahera.
A total of about 45 elephants are expected to participate in the perahera which also displays a pageant of fine cultural performances involving hundreds of dancers.
The perahera is being organised under the directives of the Chief Incumbent of the Hunupitiya Gangarama Temple, Chief Sanga Nayaka of the Colombo Hathkorale and Ven. Galaboda Gnanisara Thera.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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