Customary handover of Thewawa today

BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE KANDY-

The customary handover of  service of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Thewawa of the Sacred Tooth Relic ) to the Malwatta Temple from the Asgiriya Chapter will take place today (24).

The service (Thewawa) of the Sacred Tooth Relic at the Sri Dalada Maligawa is transferred annually from one temple to the other on the day after the Esala (August) full moon. Accordingly, the Most Venerable Mahanayake Thera of Asgiriya will hand over the keys of the shrine rooms of the Sri Dalada Maligawa to the Most Venerable Mahanayake Thera of Malwatta to continue the Thewawa (service) till the Esala full moon of 2022.

The customary event takes place at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in the presence of the Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela, the lay custodian of the Sacred Tooth Relic and chief administrator of the shrine.