Navy offers mid-day alms to Poson devotees observing sil at Sri Maha Bodhi

The Navy offered mid-day alms to the devotees who had observed sil at Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura on Poson full moon poya day, 02nd June 2015. The President of the Navy Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Shalika Perera, the Commander North Central Naval Area Rear Admiral Dimuthu Gunawardena and a large number of naval personnel took part in the event organized in view of Poson in the sacred city where thousands of Buddhist pilgrims had gathered to engage in religious activities.

The NSVU President and the senior naval officers also paid obeisance to Atamasthanadhipathi Ven. Dr. Pallegama Siriniwasa Nayaka Thera and obtained the blessings for the meritorious act performed to invoke merit on the heroic naval personnel, who had paid the supreme sacrifice in the defence of the motherland. They also paid homage to the Sri Maha Bodhi.