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Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 10:42 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 28, Colombo: The annual Sri Pada pilgrim season, which begins from the Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day, will begin tomorrow for the 2020-2021 season.
This year s Sri Pada season will commence on the 29th of this month, the Most Venerable Bengamuwe Dhammadinna Maha Nayaka Thera said speaking at a function held at the Galpottawela Sri Pada Viharaya in Pelmadulla yesterday (27). A series of religious activities to mark the beginning of the season were held at the Sri Pada Raja Maha Viharaya temple in Galpottawela, Ratnapura yesterday.
Processions carrying the sacred casket of Relics of the Buddha, sacred objects, and the statue of God Saman from the Temple to the Sri Pada maluwa were held yesterday and devotees had the opportunity to pay homage to them until this morning.