The historic 2025 Esala Festival of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya is set to commence on June 26, marking the beginning ...

The Esala Perahera of historic Ruhunu Kataragama Devale will take place tonight in Kataragama. The preparation of ‘Kola Athu Pandalama’, alms giving at Basnayake nilame’s official residence ...

The Kataragama Perahera in Sri Lanka is held in the months of July-August and is a festival that coincides with the new Moon in the Esala month. This two-week Perahera attracts thousands - Hindus ...

The Kataragama Esala festival which is in procession at the ... On the perimeter of the temple, we make a stop at a colourful shop selling the kawadi used by dancers at the Esala Perahera. J.H. Rohana ...

The Esala Perahera traces its beginnings to the 3rd century B.C ... as it is in honour of a goddess. The Kataragama deity’s procession includes the ‘Kavadi’ – the peacock dance while the ‘Natha’ deity ...

tradition of the Esala Perahera began in Sri Lanka ... the four colourful guardian deities: Natha, Vishnu, Kataragama and Pattini. The perahera begins with the kap situweema, when a sanctified ...

This year (2016), the perahera will be held from August ... to invoke the blessings of Gods Sri Vishnu, Kataragama, Natha and Pathini during the Esala season. An era of religious renaissance ...

The Sri Dalada Esala Perahera of the Scared Temple of the Tooth Relic in ... took place at 4.10 am today at the Natha, Vishnu, Kataragama and Pattini Devalayas. After completing the five internal ...

The Kandy Esala Perahera Festival is a 10-day event, which is celebrated to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic and it’s four guardian dieties, Gods Natha, Vishnu, Kataragama and Goddess Pattini ...

and to the main tooth relic perahera is added the exuberant processions of the three gods who have shrines within the main temple: Vishnu, Kataragama and Vibishana. The final and grandest perahera ...