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News in Pictures
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| Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva who
visited the Oslo Temple in Norway on October 18 participated
in a religious ceremony with the Sri Lankan residents there.
Here the Minister offering “Ata Pirikara” to Chief Incumbent
of the temple Ven Marathugoda Munirathana Thera and Shani
Karunarathne, First Secretary in Sri Lankan embassy in
Norway, Marathu Perera, wife of Sri Lankan ambassador in
Norway, along with several other Sri Lankans participated in
this event. |
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| The ancient Kandy - Mahiyangana road,
constructed by the British colonials, is being reconstructed
after a lapse of 150 years. Sri Lankans used this road in
the past to reach Mahiyangana sacred site where the Buddha
is believed to have visited. Anecdotes relate that devotees,
when they visited Mahiyangana through this road, used to
hand over all their property and belongings to their
children as it was a very difficult and unsafe journey. Here
is an aerial view of the road being reconstructed. Picture
by Chaminda Hittatiya |
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| South African High Commissioner in
Sri Lanka G.O.M. Doidge paid a courtesy call on Speaker
Chamal Rajapaksa at the latter’s office yesterday. |
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| A Provincial level ceremony was held
to mark International Tourism Day at the Badagamuwa tourist
zone in Kurunegala recently. Here, Culture and Arts Minister
T B Ekanayake and NWP Chief Minister Athula Wijesinghe
receiving representatives of the Adivasi Community who
attended tourism day celebrations. Picture by S M
Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Daily News Corr |
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