Water collected from reservoirs offered to Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi:

Annual Pan Pooja held at A'pura

The annual Pan Pooja organized by the Power and Energy Ministry was held at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura with the participation of Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka on Wednesday evening to invoke blessings for bountiful rain this season to fill the hydrel reservoirs and ensure uninterrupted power supplies to the country.

Eleven pots of water collected from Maussakelle, Castlereigh, Victoria, Kotmale, Randenigala, Bowatenna, Inginiyagala, Samanalawewa, Kukuleganga, Ukuwela and Udawalawa reservoirs were brought in a special motorcade to the Ruwanweli Seya premises from the Galkulama Sudharmarama Vihara amid chanting of Seth Pirith by the Maha Sangha for offering at this Pooja. Atamasthanadhipathi Ven Dr Pallegama Sirinivasa Nayaka Thera officiated.

after exhibiting the pots of water at the Ruwanweli Seya they were brought and offered at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi by devotees led by the Maha Sangha invoking blessings for an uninterrupted electricity supply throughout the year. A press release by the Power and Energy Ministry said Minister Ranawaka also commissioned a new and more efficient electricity scheme covering the entire surroundings of the Ruwanweli Seya on this day. NCP Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake, CEB Chairman Wimaladharma Abeywickrama, General Manager Nihal Wickramasuriya, Additional Generation Manager M P Wickramasekera and other Ministry and CEB officials were also present. Concurrently a similar Pan Pooja was held at the Maussakelle Sri Saman Devalaya with water collected from Maussakelle and Castlereigh reservoirs the same day presided by Deputy Minister Premalal Jayasekera.