Blessings from Gangaramaya Temple ahead of India’s COVID vaccine donation

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Indian High Commissioner Dr. Gopal Baglay on Thursday offered prayers at the sacred Gangaramaya Temple and offered meals to devotees at the temple on his way to the airport to collect the made-in-India COVISHIELD vaccine to be delivered to Sri Lanka.

Made-in-India COVISHIELD vaccine arrived on the auspicious Duruthu Poya Day. As such the High Commissioner, who had first arrived in Sri Lanka to take up his assignment in the Vesak Week in May 2020 with 12.5 tons of medical supplies as gift by India to Sri Lanka for fighting COVID-19 pandemic, prayed at the sacred Gangaramaya Temple for the health and wellbeing of the people of Sri Lanka on the day. He also sought the blessings of Ven. Dr. Kirinde Assaji Thero. As per the Buddhist traditions in India and Sri Lanka, the High Commissioner offered meals to devotees at the temple.

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