Sri Lankan Embassy in Israel holds ceremony to invoke blessings on President
Saturday, 22 March 2014 00:00
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The Sri Lankan Embassy together with the Sri Lankan community conducted a “Pinkama” to invoke blessings on the President Mahinda Rajapaksa and those involved in the defence of Sri Lanka and all Sri Lankans at the Geneva deliberations.
The Embassy conducts “Bana” every Poya Day by the Ven. Karavilakotuwe Dhammatilaka and other priests invited for the occasion which is sponsored by the community. The temple headed by Rev. Dhammatilaka and the Meditation Centre in Galilee with the Israel resident monk is a blessing for the South Asian Buddhist community in their religious and cultural rituals in Israel. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Israel has upgraded their website to assist communicating the likeminded Sri Lankan expatriate community to prepare a database and communicate with in order to exchange information, knowledge and strategy in supporting Sri Lankan activists in defence of the nation.
