CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: DR. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World / Asia

Lanka procession

Published: 28 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 11:04 am
Peninsula

A several hundred metres long orange cloth is carried for a procession as an offering and to be draped around a dagoba on the occasion of Binara Full Moon Day at the Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya temple, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. The historic Buddhist temple at Kelaniya is said to be blessed by the visit of the Buddha.