Sinhala & Tamil New Year - 2007 Celebrations
April 14th 2007 - At NC Viharaya, Garner
907 Northview St., Garner, NC 27529


9.00amBuddha Pooja & Chanting of Pirith including Jaya Pirith
Talk/speach on Sinhala & Tamil New Year by a child
Offering Beatle leaves(Bulath) to parents and receive their blessings and presents
Oil application (Hisa thel gama)
Feeding kiri bath and traditional sinhala sweets
11:30amDhana to Maha Sangha
12:00-1:00pmLunch for devotees
1:00pmTraditional New Year Games for kids
Sack Race
Spot the eye of an Elehpant (blind folded)
Pinyata
Spoon & Lime race
Bun eating race
3:00pmTea & cakes
3:30pmGame of Cricket (3:30pm at Pullen park baseball field 1)
Directions for the Cricket game can be found here

Co-Ordinators for games and New Year traditional activity are Deepal, Shani and Ayomi. and any volunteers please call them to give a helping hand. We need a volunteer to co-ordinate the food and there will be a list of items published for those who would like to bring in the food items. Your active participation on this event will help the young children to understand and learn the Sri Lankan traditions.

Please click here to signup.

Special Pirith Chanting.
Jaya Pirith will be chanted 100 times a day 50 times in the morning and 50 times in the evening from April 1st to April 13th. Evening chanting will start at 7.30 p.m. and all are welcome. Duration is about one hour.