Sun, Jan 24, 2010, 09:18 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Jan 24, Colombo: A special religious ceremony to bless Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa took place today at the Sugathadasa Inddor Stadium in Colombo with the participation of 10,000 Buddhist monks.
The monks led by the Anunayaka of the Malwathu Chapter Venerable Niyangoda Wijithasiri Thera chanted jaya Pirith to invoke blessings on the President and the country.
The Venerable Wijithasiri Thera commended the President as a person with remarkable qualities such as courage, vision, determination, and analytical thinking. The Thera pointed out that he became the President at a time when the country was facing its gravest challenges.
President Rajapaksa is facing his former military chief General Sarath Fonseka at the presidential elections next Tuesday, January 26th.
