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Aloka Pooja added value to Poson season - A'pura GA

Mihintale Lake House Aloka Pooja has been a beacon for the nation to follow the path of noble Arhath Mahinda Thera, said Anuradhapura Government Agent Mahinda Seneviratne. He said so on the last day of Lake House Mihintala Aloka Pooja on June 24.

The 2013 national Poson religious festival at Mihintale added great value to the Poson season which was participated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa which symbolized the state patronage for the revival of glory once prevailed at this most precious Buddhist Shrine, he said.

Seneviratne said it was a highly memorable Poson festival in Anuradhapura and Mihintale where the leader of the country, the Maha Sangha, government officials and members of the security forces joined by around two million devotees participated in a series of meritorious deeds such as storing Relics in Sanda Hiru Seya, Mihintale Aloka Pooja exhibition of Buddha's Hair Relics, specially organized pirith chanting, crowning the Chuda Manikkya atop Mihintale Sela Chetiya etc. "Illuminating Mihintale is in other words illuminating the message of dhamma endorsed by Arhath Mahinda Thera 2320 years ago having arrived on the top of Aradhana gala confronting King Dewanampiyatissa," he said.

Lake House Director Editorial Seelaratne Senarath said it was highly rejoicing that Chief Incumbent of Mihintale Raja Maha Vihara Ven Walawahengunuwewa Dhammaratana Thera's dream of soliciting full state patronage for the Mihintale sacred city development programme had materialized with the arrival of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Mihintale.

He said Chairman and Managing Director of ANCL (Lake House) Bandula Padmakumara intends to contribute to the Mihintale sacred city development venture without confining to the annual Aloka Pooja in the future.

In his anusasana, Chief Incumbent Ven Dhammaratana Nayaka Thera said the country's first Aloka Pooja executed by King Dewanampiyatissa 2320 years ago was revived by the prestigious Lake House institute.

The prelate said it would greatly benefit devotees when the Rs 50 million worth proposed Dhamma Sala is set up before the 2014 Poson festival.

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