For over 30 years, Sri Lanka Insurance (SLIC) has provided emergency assistance to pilgrims travelling to Anuradhapura for Poson Poya.
A large crowd of people gathered tAnuradhapura during the Poson season and Sri Lanka Insurance provides a unique service that tracks down lost individuals and belongings in and around the sacred city of Anuradhapura.The organsing committee of Sri Lanka Insurance also distributed booklets containing sacred Bodhi pooja verses among pilgrims.
For the past three decades this program has been carried out in collaboration with the District Secretariat of Anuradhapura to provide this much-valued service for the millions of pilgrims visiting the ancient capital to commemorate Poson Poya. The main centre for this effort was at Pethmaga, which functioned through five sub-centres at Mahamevuna Uyana, Sinha Kuluna, Mirisavetiya, Thuparama and Sanda Hiru Seya.
The service was operated around the clock during this season and it was an overwhelming experience and a relief for the organisers to see pilgrims including elderly and little children who were misplaced/lost in the crowds united with their families again.