70Following customs and traditions, the Nekath Seettuwa, the desk of auspicious occasions for this 12 months’s Sinhala and Tamil New Yr, was offered to President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (10). The desk of auspicious occasions, duly ready by the State Astrologers’ Committee of the Division of Cultural Affairs, was then offered to the President.
Buddha Sasana, Spiritual and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayaka offered the Nekath Seettuwa to the President in accordance with conventional customs.
Auspicious durations consist of assorted timings such because the New Yr’s Eve Punya Kaalaya or inauspicious time, timings for cooking, working, consuming, anointing, setting off for work and extra.
Senior Advisor to the President on Nationwide Safety and Chief of Presidential Employees Sagala Ratnayaka, President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake, Secretary to the Ministry of Buddha Shasana Spiritual and Cultural Affairs Somaratne Vidanapathirana and a number of other others attended this occasion.
