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News in Pictures
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Religious ceremonies were held in Sri
Lanka and overseas to bless President Mahinda
Rajapaksa on his 67th birthday. Above: The Sri Lanka Embassy
in Bangkok with the participation of the Sri Lanka
Association in Thailand organised religious observances at
Yannawa Temple. The event commenced on November 18 morning
with a Bodhi Pooja,
followed by other religious observances. The Sri Lankan
community and Thai devotees
participated. Alms for 67 monks including Sri Lankan monks
too were offered to coincide
with the event. Monks chanted pirith to invoke blessings on
the President. Ambassador
Gen Shantha Kottegoda thanked the Thai Buddhist monks who
volunteered to conduct
the religious observances, management of Yannawa Temple and
the Sri Lankans for their
participation. Below: A Hindu religious ceremony was held in
Mullaitivu with the participation of Child Development and
Women’s Affairs Minister Tissa Karaliyadda. Picture by Amila
Prabath Wanasinghe. Far below: The Kalmunai Zahira College
Primary Section organised the Deyata Sevena tree planting
campaign to mark the President’s birthday. Picture by M I M
Azhar, Maligaikadu group correspondent |
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A blood donation campaign was
organised by the staff of Ashroff Memorial Hospital,
Kalmunai with the assistance of medical officer Dr A L M
Nazeer at the hospital recently.
Picture by M I M Azhar, Maligaikadu group correspondent |
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| Director of Lanka Care, Paul de Leuw
of Enschede, Netherlands donated sports items, library
books, clothes and electrical items among members of the
Ishathvl Islam Children Development Centre, Dharga town
recently. Here de Leuw, Lanka Care coordinator M M M Fowmy,
Ishathul Islam Children Development Centre secretary Haleem
A. Azeez handing over the items. Doctor Kanchana Munasinghe,
Lanka Care members and children of Ishathul Islam
Development centre are also in the picture. Picture by B M
Mukthar, Beruwala spl corr |
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