Duruthu Poya Archives

Duruthu Full Moon Poya day – By Malsha – eLanka Duruthu is the month of January in the Sinhala system. The first full moon day of the year is Duruthu Poya. The special event that led to each Poya day is revealed through the character of Buddha.This article presents information about the importance of Duruthu Poya. Lord Buddha visited Mahiyangana in Lanka for the first time and solved the problem of the yaksha and naga tribes. On that day god Sumanasaman heard Dharma from Lord Buddha and became sovan. On that day, Lord Buddha gave the hair relics to Lord Sumanasaman. Lord Buddha preached the Dhamma to three Jatilas and other Jatilas on a duruthu day. On the invitation of King Bimbisara, Lord Buddha has come to Rajagahanuwara from Uruvela dhanauwa. The Veluvanaramaya built by King Bimbisara was offered to the Lord Buddha and the Sangha on a This poya ...

Annual Kelani Duruthu Perahera today Source:island.lk The Annual Kelaniya Duruthu Perahera at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara will be held today (16). A press release issued by the Kelani Rajamaha Viharastha Sanwardhana Sabha said that the historic Kelaniya Duruthu Maha Perahera had its origins in the year 1927, due largely to the efforts of that great Philanthropist Don Walter Wijewardene, son of Helana Wijewardene Lamathani of Sedawatte. The release signed by Chief Basnayake Nilame of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya said: “This Religious Cultural pageant has evolved over the years to become the country’s most elaborate and grandest low country pageant in its category. Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya is the most sacred temple in the Western Province of Sri Lanka since the Buddha’s sojourn here during his third historic visit to Sri Lanka. It celebrates this event annually in the ‘Duruthu Poya’ during January by conducting a historic, traditional and cultural ...