Over 100 Adivasi's participate at Bees' Honey offering
Asela KURULUWANSA and Tilak PUSHPAKUMARA
The Adivasi Community of Dambana held their customary annual Bees'
Honey offering to the Sacred Tooth Relic at a colourful ceremony at the
Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy yesterday.
The leader of the Adivasi Community Uruvarige Vanniyale Eththo who
officiated assured that this customary offering would be continued
uninterrupted by his community even after his demise. He said that even
though this traditional puja was disrupted for sometime due to LTTE
terrorism.
The peaceful environment which had dawned in the country after the
eradication of the terrorist menace had now enabled them to revive it.
Over 100 members of the Advasi Community attended the puja which was
facilitated by the Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara.
The Most Ven Udugama Sri Buddharakkhitha Mahanayaka Thera of the
Asgiriya Chapter was also present. |