Sri Lanka, July 30 -- The Silver Chariot procession of the 152nd annual 'Aadi Vel' Festival of the Nattukottai Nagarathar Sri New Kathiresan Temple Hettiyawatta, Bambalapitiya was received by Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake near the Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday (28) afternoon.

The Secretary to the President offered a tray of fruits to the statue of Lord Murugan carried on the Vel Chariot and participated in religious observances and received blessings. The Silver Chariot procession, which commenced on Tuesday (28) morning from the Kathiresan Temple on Sea Street, Pettah, as part of the Colombo Annual Aadi Vel Festival, proceeded through the main streets of Colombo before reaching the Sri New Kathiresan Tem...