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    Final Randoli Perahera will parade the streets in Kandy tonight Featured

    August 10, 2014

    The final Randoli Perahera of Sri Lanka's premier Buddhist procession, the historic Esala Perahera in the hill capital of Kandy will parade the streets tonight (10).

     

    The Esala festival will be concluded with the traditional water cutting rituals in the Mahaweli River at the Gatambay Thotupola on Monday (11) morning.


    The historic Esala Festival, a tradition being carried from the eras of Kings, attracts thousands of devotees, pilgrims and foreign visitors to the hill capital of Kandy and it is a major tourist attraction.

     

    The Perahera, consisting of traditional dances and magnificently decorated elephants, is the biggest Buddhist festival in Sri Lanka. It is held annually in honor of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha enshrined at the Temple of Tooth in Kandy. (ST/KH)

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