![]() ![]() While herbal oil was first anointed on the elephants, the other animals were also anointed with oil thereafter. Oil anointing ceremonies took place at the Dehiwela National Zoo and Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage today for the New Year. Bishop Rayappu has also spoken with Milroy Fernando, minister of public estate management and development, with religious affairs minister Pandu Bandaranayake. The Department of Ayurveda (Indigenous Medicine) has taken measures to send the auspicious timetable and packets of herbs to the temples and the traditional physicians, said Deputy Minister Pandu Bandaranayake. In parallel to the National Oil anointing ceremony, oil anointing ceremonies were held at Temples and public places all over the island. Prime Minister and Buddhasasana and Religious State Management Irrigation and Water Disaster Relief Minister Health Minister - Petroleum Industries Water Supply and Traditional Industries Affairs Minister - D. Minister of Skills Development and Youth Affaires Dullas Alahapperuma, many local politicians, government officials, staff of the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine and the members of the dayaka sabhawa were present at the ceremony. DN SATURDAY, APPICTORIAL New Cabinet Ministers. The event was organized by Indigenous Medicine Minister Salinda Dissanayaka and Deputy Minister Pandu Bandaranayaka. Later to mark the occasion the President handed over the deed of this new temple premises to Venerable Aththudave Siri Rahula thero, who presided over the ceremony of anointing oil. Pandu Bandaranayake bad news update Special today LNK News 190K subscribers Subscribe 5 Share 1. As instructed by the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine, Department of Ayurveda, Sinhala New Year Auspicious Times Committee and astrologers, oil anointing was done by facing the South with Bo leaves (Ficus religiosa/Sacred fig tree leaves) on the head and Kohomba (Azadirachta indica) leaves for the feet and attired in blue colour.Ĭhief Prelate of the Dakshina Lanka Sri Rohana Chapter Venerable Aththudave Siri Rahula Nayaka thero anointed oil on President Rajapaksa's head at the auspicious time and the gathering with herbal oil giving blessings for the New Year. The state ceremony of anointing oil was held at the auspicious time of 7.41 am. The national oil anointing ceremony of the traditional Sinhala and Hindu New Year festival was held in Matara under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Uposathagaraya Maha Vihara Sri Rohana Temple of Randoopatha (Golden Island) this morning on 16 April. ![]() The new appointees are Lakshman Yapa – CabinetMinister of Parliamentary Affairs Pandu Bandaranayake– Minister of State for Public Administration and Democratic Control Ranjith Siyambalapitiya– Minister of State for Environment Hemal Gunasekara– Samurdhi Housing and Minister of State Chandrasiri Sooriyarachchi– Deputy Minister of Lands.President Rajapaksa joins the National Oil Anointing Ceremony Abeywardena was sworn in as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Bandaranayake as State Minister of Democratic Governance, Siyambalapitiya as State Minister of Environment, Gunasekara as State Minister of Samurdhi and Housing and Sooriyaarachchi as the Deputy Minister of Lands. The new ministers were Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Chandrasiri Sooriyaarachchi, Hemal Gunasekara and Pandu Bandaranayake. Five United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarians were yesterday appointed Ministers by President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat. ![]()
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