Queen’s Baton relay at the Victoria Dam View point

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Kumar Sangakkara and Tharjini Sivalingam

Jayanthi Kuru-Uthupala, who became the first Sri Lankan woman to climb Mount Everest, and Sri Lanka’s most famous netball player Tharjini Sivalingam during the dinner hosted by British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sarah Hulton OBE on Monday

Sri Lanka weightlifting champions and the Baton Bearers of the QBR Chinthana Vidanage and Hansani Gomas at the Independence Square on Monday

Sri Lanka CGA President Subramaniam with the baton (centre), Sri Lanka CGA Secretary-General Maxwell de Silva with mascot ‘Perry’ and Sri Lanka CGA Treasurer Gamini Jayasinghe (right) walking to the vantage point of the Victoria Dam yesterday

The Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR), which is the precursor to the Commonwealth Games 2022, which is scheduled to begin on 28 July and end on 8 August is on its second day, has made its way to the hill

Sri Lanka Judo champion Chamara Dharmawardena with the Queen’s Baton at the Victoria Dam vantage point during the ceremony yesterday

capital in Kandy yesterday.

In the morning session, the baton was taken to the Victoria Dam where a colourful cultural ceremony was held to mark its presence there.

The welcome speech was made by the CGA President Suresh Subramaniam at the Victoria Dam.

This was followed by an educational program organised by the British Council where over 100 students of Ranabima Royal College took part in an art and modal baton exhibition depicting the values and significance of the QBR.

Sri Lanka is the 25th location where Her Majesty The Queen has placed her message to the Commonwealth into the Baton, signifying the start of a 294-day relay through the 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth.

Tonight, the action will travel to Hatton where a ceremony will be held at the Kirkoswald Tea Estate this morning.

Upon its return to the capital city today after the visit to the Kirkoswald Estate, the torch will make a visit to the School of the Deaf and Blind at Ratmalana before joining hands with the Ministry of sports for some sports-related activity.

The QBR celebrations would wind up with a visit to the official residence of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister before making its departure to Bangladesh.