People perform traditional dances during the final day of Kataragama Perahera in Katharagama, Sri Lanka, July 21, 2024. Kataragama Perahera is an important festival in Sri Lanka. During the ...

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 ...

Their arduous journey spans 275 kilometres, traversing through Maskeliya, Samimale, Hatton, Nuwara Eliya, Welimada, ...

This year the Kataragama Esala Perahera will parade from July 24 – August 7, 2017. Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. Sign up to our newsletter to enjoy the UK without spending a ...

During the meeting, Basnayake Nilame Dishan Gunasekara announced that the annual Perahera (procession ... undertaking the foot pilgrimage to Kataragama starting from June 20.

The annual Esala Perahera of the historic Ruhunu Kataragama Devalaya will be held from June 19 to July 4. The traditional Kap Situweema or planting ceremony for this year’s Esala Perahera took place ...

A Hindu religious festival descended into chaos after an elephant in the procession ran amok and injured more than a dozen people in the crowd. Elephants covered in red, blue and gold robes from ...

Army personnel are seen cleaning the Wedihiti Kanda (Wedahiti Kanda) area after the Kataragama perahera where plastic bottles and bags are strewn everywhere after the season, though people have ...

A SriLankan airlines flight has been grounded in an airport in Indonesia due to a technical defect leaving 93 passengers stranded, an official said. The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a ...

SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT, Telecommunications and Mobile Services Provider supported this year’s annual Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Perahera which took place on 23rd July 2021, in line with pandemic ...