Today is Vesak full moon poya day
Today is the Vesak full moon poya day festival which commemorates three special days of Sambuddha. The Bodhisattvas, become Buddha, were born at the Lumbini Sal Garden in Dambadiva on the full moon day of Vesak. After seeing the four omens, Siddhartha Bodhisattva left the secular house and meditated in the shadow of the great tree of the Buddha Gaya to rescue all beings from the sorrows of life. There he destroyed all four Noble Truths and attained enlightenment on a great Vesak full moon day like today The Buddha preached his last words of the Buddha and set foot on the Pirinivan relics of the Anupadisesha Parinibbana at the Sal Uyana of the Malla kings in Kusinara and attained parinirwana on Vesak full moon poya day.
Coronavirus current situation in Sri Lanka- cardboard coffins are introduced for corona related deaths
Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Municipal Council has introduced a cardboard coffin for corona burial. The cost of one of them is less than Rs. 10,000, These are made by recycling waste paper board, Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Municipal Councilor Priyantha Sahabandu said. He said that the Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Municipal Council has initiated this program and the first body in a cardboard box was cremated yesterday.