Mihintale Aloka Pooja from June 3 to 5

Amila PRABATH WANASINGHE

The Mihintale Aloka Pooja organised by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd (Lake House) for the 50th time will be held at Mihintale from June 3 to 5.

The Aloka Pooja illuminations will be sponsored by the Ceylon Electricity Board and Abans this year too.

A Poson Week has been declared from June 1 to 7. A Mihindu Perahera will also be staged on June 3, the inaugural day of the Aloka Pooja illuminations. The perahera will begin near the Rajarata University premises and wind its way to Mihintale through Isuru Uyana Mawatha.

The Mihintale Poson festivities will be held under the patronage of Mihintale Raja Maha Viharadhipathi Ven Walawahengunawewe Dhammaratana Nayake Thera.

The Seema Malakaya of the Mihintale Poyage built under a programme jointly sponsored by Lake House and Maliban Biscuit Manufactories Ltd will be opened on June 4.

The road network in the Mihintale Sacred Area was renovated and modernised at a cost of Rs 35 million under the government's Deyata Kirula development programme.