Binara Poya day observation at Kelaniya

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Buddhist devotees are engaged in devotion on the Binara full moon Poya day at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya today. The establishment of the Bhikkhuni Sasanaya (Bhikkhuni Sangha), or Order of the Female Buddhist Monastic, takes place on Binara Poya when the stepmother of Gautama Buddha, Mahapajapati Gotami, was first ordained. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

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Binara Poya day observation at Kelaniya

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