Sri Lanka, June 23 -- This year's Kandy Esala Perahera Festival will commence on July 25 with the traditional Kap Situweema (planting of the ceremonial jak tree branch) at the four main devalayas - ...

Dialog Axiata PLC sponsored the historic Kataragama Esala Perahera for the 20th consecutive year, reaffirming its commitment to preserving Sri Lanka’s rich religious and cultural heritage through long ...

Chairperson of Swadeshi Ms. Amari Wijewardene, Deputy Chairperson/Managing Director of Swadeshi Ms. Chulodhara Samarasinghe, Chief Incumbent of Kirivehera Rajamaha Viharaya in Kataragama Venerable ...

The annual Perahera of the Kataragama Maha Devalaya was held for the 7th day last night with a large crowd witnessing the procession. Pix by Nisal Baduge ...

The 15-day Kataragama Esala festival is a deeply sacred time in Kataragama, a place sanctified by centuries of belief in Skanda also known as Kataragama Deviyo – the island’s warrior deity and divine ...

The origins of the Esala perahera go back to the 3rd century AD when the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha was brought to the island from India by Prince Danta and Princess Hemamala, and handed over to ...