Sirisangabo: longest Poson Dan Sela

Text and pictures by M.A.R. Manukulasooriya, Hiriyala group correspondent

Sirisangabo Dan Sela has been continuously conducting for 64 years during the Poson season.

Located at Melsiripura town on the Kurunegala-Dambulla main road. This caters to thousands of devotees who go on pilgrimages to sacred places such as Anuradhapura, Mihintale and Polonnaruwa during the Poson Days.

“Our Dan Sel society was established in 1947. We held the Dan Sela for the 64th successive year this time. During the Poson season more than 60,000 devotees partake their meals at this Dan Sela. This is a meritorious deed. Residents in sixty villages around Melsiripura town extend their co-operation to conduct this Poson Dan Sela”, Melsiripura Sirisangabo Dan Sel society President H.P.K.M.K. Perera said.