Instructions have been issued to the Kandy Municipal Council to check all the cafeterias and food outlets with the help of the Public Health Inspectors (PHI) during the Esala Perahera season to ensure ...

The historic Kandy Esala Perahera will parade the streets of the ancient Hill Capital, from August 10-20 this year. The procession will be conducted in line with traditional rituals, and will be ...

A consecrated young jackfruit tree is chopped and planted in the grounds of each of the four Devales devoted to the four guardian gods—Natha, Vishnu, Katharagama, and the goddess Pattini—at the start ...

The Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa Pradeep Nilanga Dela, handed over the Esala Perahera Scroll to President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday afternoon (31). The Scroll highlights the ...

Generations of Kalingas venerated the Tooth Relic as the greatest religious object, and by virtue of this Relic, the kingdom of Kalinga became the most powerful state in the region According to ...

The Kandy Esala Perahera Festival will commence on August 5, with the auspicious ‘Kap’ planting ceremony at the four main Devalayas (temples), Diyawadana Nilame of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic ...

The Kandy Esala Perahera parades the streets of the Hill Capital to coincide with the eighth full moon poya of the year – the Esala Poya – in July/August. The change of date each year is because the ...