Nuwara Eliya lights up for Poson

P. Rajaratnam in Nuwara Eliya

Religious functions, dansals, recital of Bakthi Geeta and poojas were held both in the Buddhist and Hindu temples on Poson Full Moon day in the entire Nuwara Eliya district.

The most noteworthy feature was the giant pandal erected by CWC chief Arumugan Thondaman and his CWC organisation at Pundalu Oya to mark the Poson day, where a large number of devotees and estate workers were present.

At the Republican International School at Mahagastota, Nuwara Eliya the students of this school and the school's Buddhist Society gifted five blood pressure metres to the Nuwara Eliya General Hospital valued at Rs. 25,000 at a ceremony held at the school premises.

Dansals were held by the Buddhist organisations of the Nuwara Eliya Technical College, the Economic Centre, the Ceylon Electricity Board, the three wheelers association and several others at different points.

Among the Hindu temples, the Gayathiri temple held a pooja and yagam, where hundreds of pilgrims and devotees from different parts in the country participated.