Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 112 ft bust statue of ‘Adiyogi’ - an avatar of Lord Shiva who is considered to be the first of yogis - at Isha Foundation in Coimbatore on the Maha Sivarathri Day, a Hindu festival. Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev also arrived with Modi.

Around fifty elders engaged on a pilgrimage to temples in the Vavuniya district recently.

A religious program was held to mark the Sangamitta Day which fell on Unduwap Full Moon Day. It was organized under the patronage of the All Ceylon Women’s Buddhist Congress.

All Ceylon Hindu Congress published a special issue of its journal Hindu Oli to commemorate the Kumbababishekam of the South Gopuram of the Thellipallai Thurkai Amman Koil was held on Thursday, Feb 9.