Hundreds of devotees participated within the consecration ceremony of a Hindu temple in Sri Lanka carried out with sacred water from the Sarayu River introduced from Ayodhya.
The ceremony on the Seetha Amman temple within the island nation’s Seetha Eliya village happened on Sunday.
“Hundreds of Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepalese devotees participated in Seetha Amman’s Kumbhabhishekam temple in #SriLanka,” the Indian Excessive Fee stated in a publish on X.
Indian Excessive Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha, non secular guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and different dignitaries attended.
The consecration ceremony of the temple devoted to Sita was carried out with holy water from Sarayu water, which was flown in from Ayodhya.
The temple obtained sacred choices from Ayodhya, thought-about the birthplace of Lord Rama, and from Nepal, believed to be the birthplace of Goddess Sita, Sri Lankan information portal Information First reported.
Devotees from everywhere in the world, together with India and Sri Lanka, gathered to witness and take part within the ceremony.
The ceremony culminated within the providing of clothes despatched from India and Nepal to Goddess Sita, together with sweets and different supplies despatched from the famend Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, he stated.