Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Esala festival Water cutting ceremony performed at Getambe ferry last morning

By Shane Seneviratne   

The ritual of water cutting ceremony in Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Esala festival was performed at the Getambe ferry in the early hours of last morning amid a large gathering of devotees.   

  The procession carrying the Kap trees in the four Devalas arrived to the ferry to perform the water cutting ceremony. The water collected into a gold pitcher was enshrined in the four Devalas and the Kap trees were floated in the river.   

It was followed by the day procession that marked the end of the Esala festival in Kandy parading the streets yesterday afternoon. The casket of relics was taken in procession by the Sri Dalada Maligawa tusker “Sinharaja” flanked by tusker Miyanraja and Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihara tusker Kandula to Gedige Rajamaha Vihara in Asgiriiya.