Thai delegation calls on President

A Thai delegation, including some members of the Thai Royal Family, which visited Sri Lanka and participated in a Pinkama at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy to invoke blessings on the 84 year old King of Thailand, called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday.

The delegation also included princess Somisuvale, a daughter-in-law of the royal family and two bhikkhus. Ven Prakru Pisit Soravet Thera of Thailand who was among the delegation invoked blessings on the President and the country and presented Sacred Relics and several Buddha statues brought from Thailand to the President, a press release by the President's Media Unit said.

A member of the delegation read out a message of greetings sent by the King of Thailand to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to mark his birthday on November 18.

President Rajapaksa presented a Buddha statue and a special memento to the Thai delegation and posed for a group photograph with them.

London Viharadhipathi Ven Bogoda Seelawimala Thera and Presidential Chief of Staff Gamini Senarath were also present on the occasion.