Several programmes have been planned in the Metropolis beginning from May 3 to May 6 to celebrate the Buddha Rashmi National Vesak Festival. The events will be held at Galle Face Green, Shangri-La Green, and Presidential Secretariat premises.
A Bakthi Geetha recital will take place on the steps of the Presidential Secretariat on May 3 and 4 and President Ranil Wickremesinghe will attend the event. The same recital is also scheduled to be held at the same location on May 4. A stage built on the Shangri-La green grounds will be used for distributing school supplies to forty novice monks and 1,200 school children on May 5.
Furthermore, at 7.00 pm at the Shangri-La Green, the Maha Karuna Buddhist Association of Singapore and Willing Hearts Foundation of Singapore will hold a Rice Dansala, which will continue on May 5 and 6.
The Sri Lanka Navy, Civil Security Department,Youth Service Council, and Sri Lanka Army will hold Bakthi Geetha recitals and light Vesak illuminations at the stage built on the Shangri-La Green.