The state Poson festival will be celebrated at Mihintale, Anuradhapura Atamasthana and Thanthirimale. President Anura Kumara ...

The Poson Aloka Pooja, which commenced on Poson Poya day, beautifully illuminated the temple, that had the devotees aglow with joy. The event was sponsored by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. Under the ...

It may be said that the Poson Full Moon Poya is one of the most important poyas for Sri Lankans. It was on a Poson Poya that Arahant Mahinda Thera visited the island and established the Buddha Dhamma ...

It was on the full moon day of June (Poson Poya) that the king who was on a hunting expedition encountered Arahat Mahinda atop the mountain of Mihintale close to Anuradhapura. As he listened to ...

Over two million devotees had arrived in Anuradhapura and Mihintale on 04 June to take part in religious activities to mark the sacred Poson Poya day, Chairman of the Anuradhapura Poson Committee, ...

Cabinet Spokesman and Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana said that the reconstruction of railway line up to Mihintale will be completed before Poson Poya. The ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) – Yesterday, Wednesday 18 June, Sri Lankan Buddhists celebrated the festival of Poson Poya, which this year was dedicated to peace and national harmony. The slogan hailing ...

Apart from other Poya days, Unduwap Poya and Poson Poya are two noteworthy days that Buddhists in Sri Lanka are keen to celebrate. It was on a Poson Poya Day that Buddhism came to be fully ...

The Poson Poya Day is of highest significance to Sri Lankan Buddhists as it marks the historic arrival of Arahath Mahinda Thera to our Motherland with the message of the Buddha, paving the way to ...

296 pandals and nearly 46,000 dansela will be held islandwide in view of the Poson Full Moon Poya, the Police Media Division said. Around 11,000 Buddhist temples islandwide have organised religious ...

The High Commission organised several such exhibitions on India’s Buddhist heritage, the most recent being the ones on the occasions of Vesak and Poson Poya this year at Seema Malakaya and Homagama ...