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To be an effective instrument to the Government Endeavour to cultivate national harmony in Jaffna Peninsula through uplifting the physical quality of life and spiritual value of the people.
To be an effective instrument to the Government Endeavour to cultivate national harmony in Jaffna Peninsula through uplifting the physical quality of life and spiritual value of the people.
16th January 2022 12:59:30 Hours
Tamil Thai Pongal Day is a Tamil and Hindu harvest festival designed to give thanks to the sun god. The second day of Thai Pongal it separated for the festival of farmers, cows, buffaloes and other natural elements, for a bountiful harvest of their staple food, rice. Tamil community in Jaffna celebrated second day of the Thai Pongal - 2022, at the Araly Avarampitty Sri Muthumariamman Kovil on 15 January. On behalf of the Commander Security Forces, Jaffna, Major General Sujeewa Senarath Yapa, General Officer Commanding, 51 Division, Major General Chandana Wickramasinghe participated for the festival as the Chief Guest.
Kovil authorities, community leaders and Hindu devotees of Araly – Jaffna attended and blessed for the cows, buffaloes, agricultural equipment and other natural elements those supported for the bountiful harvest as per the Hindu rituals and Hindu faith on this auspicious day. Furthermore, symbolically started the green agriculture programme for the nest season and blessed for prosperity and bountiful harvest in the future by protecting farmers, cows, buffaloes and equipment.
General Officer Commanding of the 51 Division, Major General Chandana Wickramasinghe, Deputy Director of the Teaching Hospital - Jaffna, Senior Military, Police and STF Officers and number of Hindu devotees participated for the festival.
