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Adhishtana Pooja

An Adhishtana Pooja will be held at the Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa today to mark the 10th anniversary of the LTTE bomb attack on the Dalada Maligawa and invoke blessings on the country for peace, JHU Kandy District Organiser Thushara Swarnatilleke said.

Ordaining ceremony

Five Deacons will be ordained by Chilaw Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Valence Mendis and former Chilaw Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Franck Marcus Fernando tomorrow at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Chilaw.

The deacons to be ordained are Rev. Bros. W.D. Alex Nilantha Appuhamy, (Kumarakattuwa Holy Rosary Church), W. Danushka Fernando, (Wennappuwa St. Joseph Church), Niman Poojitha Dananja Silva, (Marawila Our Lady of Purification Church), W. Ranil Sandaruwan Fernando (St. Mary's Church - Waikkala Church) and W. Kamal Damian Perera (Dummalakotuwa Mary Immaculate Church).

The newly ordained priests will offer their first Holy Mass on Sunday in their parish churches.

Book launch

The latest book based on Buddhist teachings Kauda Oyalata Metharam Boru Kivwe by the Most Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera will be launched on Sunday at 4.00 pm at the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress Auditorium, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo.

The Thera has written several books on Buddhist teachings. Ven. Dr. Dodangoda Revatha Thera, Secretary General of the Mahabodhi Society of India will preside.

The book is a Dayawansa Jayakody and Company publication.

Lecture

The monthly lecture of the RASSL will be held on Monday 5.00 p.m. at the Gamini Dissanayaka Auditorium, Mahaweli Centre, 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07.

The lecture titled 'An Interpretation into ambiguous materamajibaka in the later Brahmi Inscriptions' will be presented by Prof. Anura Manatunga.

The lecture is open to the public.

Commemoration

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has organised a series of events to commemorate its 40 years of service to Science and Technology in Sri Lanka.

The celebrations will commence with the launching of the NSF publications by Science and Technology Minister, Prof. Tissa Vitarana on January 29 at the NSF Auditorium.

Dr. C.R. Panabokke, a senior scientist and the first General Secretary of the NSF will be felicitated at this ceremony by launching his publication on "Ground Water Conditions in Sri Lanka".