Navy holds Pirith and Alms Giving ceremonies for 73rd Anniversary

Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera and Navy Seva Vanitha Unit President Mala Lamahewa attended the all-night Pirith Chanting and Alms Giving ceremonies held at the Welisara Naval Complex November 24 and 25. The events were organized by the Navy Buddhist Association to invoke blessings on the forthcoming 73rd Anniversary (December 9) of the Sri Lanka Navy.

The two events were held in Welisara organized by the Naval Buddhist Association. The proceedings of religious rituals had been arranged at the counsel of Karaka Sangha Sabhika of Ramanna Nikaya, Chief Incumbent of Mulagandhakuti Viharaya, Venerable Panditha Kerawalapitiye Sumeda Maha Thera.

Fallen Naval war heroes and those who went missing in action were commemorated by laying a flower wreath at the Naval War Hero Memorial, Welisara and lighting up oil lamps on the evening of November 24. To commence all-night Pirith Chanting ceremony, the Relic Casket and Piruwana Poth Wahanse were brought from the Mulagandhakuti Viharaya, to the Welisara Naval Complex. Soon after, the Navy Commander placed the casket and book in the Pirith Mandapaya and the Pirith Chanting ceremony got underway.

The offering of mid-day alms and Pirikara to 73 members of Maha Sangha, arrived from Mulagandhakuti Viharaya, were held under the auspices of Navy Commander at the Welisara Naval Complex on November 25. Following the alms giving ceremony, Ven.Maha Sangha transferred merits on fallen Naval war veterans and blessings were invoked on disabled Naval war heroes, Naval personnel both serving and retired, their family members and the Navy for its 73rd Anniversary.

Navy Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Jayantha Kularatne, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director General Operations, Rear Admiral Pradeep Rathnayake, Naval Buddhist Association President and Director General Engineering, Rear Admiral Ravi Ranasinghe, Area Commanders including Commander Western Naval Area and Commandant Volunteer Naval Force Rear Admiral Saman Perera, Director Generals of the Navy, executive committee members of the Navy Seva Vanitha Unit, flag rank officers, senior and junior officers and sailors attached to the Navy Headquarters and Western Naval Command were also present on these occasions.

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