Sri Lanka, April 15 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (15) visited the historic Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, engaged in religious observances and received blessings for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.

Meanwhile, the State Oil-Anointing Ceremony for the New Year was held this morning (15) at the Sri Maha Natha Devalaya premises within the historic Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, under the patronage of President Dissanayake.

The ceremony was organised in accordance with traditional New Year customs through the joint efforts of the Ministry of Health and Mass Media and the Department of Ayurveda, under the guidance of the Chief Prelates of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters of the Siam Nikaya of the Maha Vihara trad...