While the entire country is celebrating Aluth Avurdu,a very few realize that the Sri Dalada Maligawa is celebrating the New Year in its own unique way.
It is a simple ceremony, mainly observing customs and traditions. In fact this is the beginning of the Sinhala New Year.
The time of the birth of New Year, is the passage of time from Pisces to Aries, which infact is announced by the Maligawa authorities and the Kariya Karavana Korale, the person who handles the festivities of the Sri Dalada Maligawa. In fact he is second in command next to the Diyawadana Nilame.
The Sri Dalada Maligawa becomes the centre in all activities. The times are set out and conveyed to the Devales who act according to the directives of the astrological data supplied to them.
In fact Sir John D'oyly attended the first Aluth Avurdu festival at Natha Devale after the Sacred Relic was brought back to Kandy from Kuruvita, the place to which it was taken for safe keeping by the people.
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