Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Wesak Lantern Making Workshop and Bodhi Puja




Please kindly note that we had to revise the schedule for Saturday, the 28th to allow more time for the Wesak Lantern making workshop.

Saturday, the 28th of April, 2012: (Revised programme is as follows)


01:30 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. : Wesak Lantern making workshop

05:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. : Special Bodhi Puja to wish good health and Happy Birthday to Ven Rewatha Thero.

Please Note: All required materials and accessories will be provided to all participating children. Therefore, please confirm by responding to this email if you are bringing your children to the workshop, so we can supply required materials sufficiently.



On the same afternoon we have organised a Special Bodhi Puja to wish good health for our head monk, the Most Venerable Rewatha Nayaka Thero and also wishing him a Happy Birthday.


The "Bodhi Tree" will be bringing to the Vihara from the Botanic Garden for this special ceremony and also for the Wesak celebrations.



The Bodhi Puja will start at 05:00 p.m. and will be conducted by Venerable Kahaduwe Shanthideva Thero, the head monk of Sri Valukarama Purana Viharaya, Kamburawala, Baduraliya. Venerable Shanthideva is from our Nayaka Thero's Villege Temple and both have studied at the same Buddhist Monks training college (Bellana Pirivena).