Randoli Perehera

10 August 2011 07:58 am Views - 3214

The First Randoli Perahera of the Kandy Esala Festival, paraded the streets of Kandy last night. The annual Kandy Esala  Perehera is the largest  Buddhist festival and the most colourful cultural pageant in Sri Lanka. The Perehera is held in honour of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha enshrined in the temple of the tooth relic. The picture shows a tusker carrying the casket of tooth relic, chaperoned by two other tuskers. Pix by Pradeep Dilruckshana