Cattle meant for slaughter will be released at 6 a.m. and a blood donation campaign will be conducted till 2 p.m.. The religious ceremony offering 10,000 lotus flowers to the Buddha will be held at 6 p.m.
The annual ceremony to award prizes and certificates to the student bhikkhus of the Sri Gnanalankara International Bhikkhu Training Institute will be held on July 9.
It will commence at 2 p.m. with a meeting to be held under the chairmanship of the president of the all ceylon Amarapura Sect, the most Ven, Aggamaha Panditha Kotugoda Dhammawasa Nayaka Thera. The ceremony will end with the distribution of three new Dhamma books.
