Poson Poya at Kelaniya...
June 15, 2011
Buddhist devotees engaged in religious observances at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya today (June 15). Poson Poya Day commemorates the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka by Arahat Maha Mahinda at Mihintale in the third century B.C. Ven Mahinda established the Dispensation of The Buddha (Buddhasasana) in Sri Lanka. (Pic by Sanjeewa Lasantha)
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