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The heavenly twins of Galle Source:Island The 22nd of October 1902, was a busy day for Muhandiram Dionysius Sepala Panditha Dahanayake. The Dayaka Sabha of the Wijayananda Viharaya at Weliwatta, Galle, of which the Muhandiram was the Pesident, was holding a special pooja. Suddenly in the middle of the ceremonies, Muhandriam Dahanayaka got an urgent message from his home. His face wreathed in smiles, the Muhandiram hurried to his walauwwa. Yes! He had just become the father of twin boys. He named the elder of them Wijayananda after the Wijayananda Viharaya. As the happy news was heard when performing a meritorious act while in convivial company, the other twin was named Kalyanapriya. Of historical interest; (I) It was at this Viharaya that Colonel Henry Steele Olcott and Madame Blavatsky observed “Pansil” for the first time and embraced Buddhism, on the 19th of May 1880. (ii) the Sunday Dhamma School in ...