{"id":17417,"date":"2025-01-16T08:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/tm\/?p=17417"},"modified":"2025-01-16T08:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:16:45","slug":"thai-pongal-festival-of-sahajeewana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/tm\/blog\/2025\/01\/16\/thai-pongal-festival-of-sahajeewana\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Pongal festival of Sahajeewana"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17417\" class=\"elementor elementor-17417\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d56ad8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d56ad8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cbb498 tm-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"0cbb498\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2508da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2508da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Thai Pongal festival of Sahajeewana<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The Thai Pongal festival of Sahajeewan was organized at the Moratuwa Buddhist Mandir premises under the patronage of the Hon. Minister of Justice and National Integration, Mr. Harshana Nanayakkara, Chairman of the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, Mr. Senior Lecturer Vijith Rohan Fernando, the Colombo District Chief Government Agent, Moratuwa Divisional Secretary and a group of state officials, and with the participation of a large number of people, the Western Province Ministry of Culture, Moratuwa Divisional Secretariat, Moratuwa Regional Sahajeewan Association, Sri Lanka Shaiva Religious Association.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17420\" src=\"https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/473365757_1034543285382167_4205672342195601200_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/tm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/473365757_1034543285382167_4205672342195601200_n-225x300.jpg 225w, 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