ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS RITUALS HELD TO INVOKE BLESSINGS ON FORTHCOMING CORPS DAY SLAC

As the last in the series of religious events, Islamic religious observances were conducted in view of the forthcoming 68th Anniversary and Corps Day commemoration of Sri Lanka Armoured Corps at the Jummah Mosque, Mutwal on Thursday 12 December 2023 with the participation of Major General S W M Fernando WWV RWP RSP VSV USP ndc psc, the Military Secretary and the Colonel Commandant SLAC, Brigadier P N Wijesiriwardena RSP USP, Brig A P C R Prematilaka RSP USP and Brigadier L K T Fernando RSP USP, the Commander Armoured Brigade together with other Senior Officers/Officers and Other Ranks.

Special prayers and sermons were conducted during the ceremony by the Imam Chief Priest Rizwan together with a few other Maulvis in keeping with Islamic traditions. Towards the end of the religious ceremony mementoes were presented to the Mosque and the Maulvis as a gesture of good will.