Interesting facts about Kandy’s Audience Hall-by L.B Senaratne The Audience Hall Source:Daily News The Audience Hall of Kandy is to be the centre for the swearing in of Ministers of the ‘new’ Government on August 10 – a Tuesday. This hallowed spot is in the shadow of the Sacred Tooth Relic. The area which houses the Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) has been used for the swearing in of Presidents as well. Former President Ranasinghe Premadasa took his oaths at the Paththiruppuwa against the advice of the then Diyawadana Nilame. ...

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Kandy Esala  Perahea – By L.B.Senaratne (  THE WRITER IS A SENIOR JOURNALIST., SPECIALIZING IN FESTIVALS AND RITUALS ) There is a tight security cordon in order that people or devotees would not enter the Kandy Esala Perahera route.  All those ntitled to enter the area where the Perahera proceeds have been accredited by a Pass issued by the Police ...

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