Vesak Day(May -19-20)

Wesak day is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar.The festival marks the birth, enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha into Nirvana. On this day, colourful bamboo-framed lanterns decorate every house, people visit temples in large number and offer prayers from dawn to dusk. In the evening, they participate in processions.

Sinhala New Year (April 13th or 14th)
This is the time when the Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus in Sri Lanka celebrate their New Year - Aluth Avurudda. It is a national holiday in Sri Lanka. This time also marks the end of the harvest season because of which it become possible to collect a whole lot of colourful fruits from the trees for the celebrations.They light and decorate the house on the New Year's day.The main New Year's day begin with the lighting of hearth. Then the family members wear new clothes and exchange New Year gifts with each other.The festivities come to an end with the anointing of the oil ceremony.