Picture shows devotees are engaged in religious observance at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara to mark the Duruthu Poya Day, this morning. This is a key religious and historic date in the calendar ...

On the occasion of Duruthu Poya, the Indian High Commission in Colombo inaugurated a mobile exhibition series titled ‘Buddham Sharanam Gacchami’ at the Maha Bodhi Agrasrawaka Viharaya in Maligakanda.

New Year’s Eve celebrations at hotels and restaurants this year will be a ‘dry’ affair as Duruthu Full Moon Poya falls on December 31,which prohibits the purchase and consumption of alcohol in public ...

It also marks the start of Prayag Kumbh Mela, Shakambhari Purnima, Paush Purnima, the Thiruvathira, Thiruvathirai, or Arudhra Darisanam festival Moon, and Duruthu Poya in different cultures.

The week end holidays including the Duruthu fool moon Poya day tomorrow. Traders in Nallathanniya town said the pilgrim and tourist arrival during this weekend was the highest after the pilgrim ...