23 January, 2022
Sacred Relics were enshrined at the Asadisi Shakya Sugatha Maha Seya in Kuragala on January 16 under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited was the print media sponsor of the event. Here the President receives a souvenir edition of the ANCL Buddhist weekly Budusarana carrying articles on Kuragala from ANCL Director (Legal and Administration) Rakhitha Abeygoonawardhana while Chief Incumbent of Kuragala Ancient Buddhist Monastery Ven. Wimalakirthi Dhammaratana Wataddara Sri Gnanissarabhidhana Nayake Thera looks on
Picture by Ranjith Asanka