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TheAluth Sahal Mangalle or theNew Rice Festival is aharvest festival of theMaha kannaya inSri Lanka. The first batch of new rice after being plucked,threshed andwinnowed is offered to the Buddha and deities.[1]
Every JanuaryPoya Day, new rice festival commences. Rice and paddy donated toTemple of the Tooth are stored atKundasalePallekele in a separate location allocation and distribution of Rice and paddy toDevales relevant, is done. A traditional procession takes place from the Palace to Kundasale headed byDiyawadaered to the sacred tooth relic.
Only after the new rice festival at the Sri Dalada Maligawa and offering rice to the sacred tooth relic, can the farmers around the country collect their harvest and commence their own new rice festivals in the respective villages.
The most important new rice festival that happens afterwards is the Aluth Sahal Mangalle at theSri Maha Bodhi inAnuradhapura.
This festival was started by a king called Sri weera parakrama narendrasinghe in 1707. Diyawadana Nilame does the main part in this festival. This is about the first harvest in paddy situated in kundasale. Diyawadana nilame and the rest of the people got Kundasale with perahara and take the harvest and come back to the temple of tooth relic. This is done in nice fashion always, according to the tradition these traditions are done in much respect, for tooth relic of Buddha. A man called Nakath Mohottala also does a main part in this festival. He prepares an agenda called 'Nakth pathraya' and whole things were done on it.
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