{"id":17466,"date":"2025-01-19T17:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T17:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/tm\/?p=17466"},"modified":"2025-01-19T17:57:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T17:57:29","slug":"from-the-south-to-the-north-by-train-for-the-national-thaipongal-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/tm\/blog\/2025\/01\/19\/from-the-south-to-the-north-by-train-for-the-national-thaipongal-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"From the South to the North by Train for the National Thaipongal Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17466\" class=\"elementor elementor-17466\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffd37bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffd37bd\" 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-05e3dc7 tm-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"05e3dc7\" 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-c135521 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c135521\" 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>From the South to the North by Train for the National Thaipongal Festival<\/strong><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>A reception program for the group of veteran artists, government officials and political representatives who arrived from the South to the North by train for the National Thai Pongal festival was held at the Jaffna Railway Station on 17.01.2025 at noon. The Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, Jaffna District Secretariat jointly organized the event with great pomp and circumstance, and the Palm Development Board and the Sri Lanka Railways Department also supported the program.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17468\" src=\"https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/473701097_1036820135154482_8567506431912765698_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/tm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/473701097_1036820135154482_8567506431912765698_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/tm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/473701097_1036820135154482_8567506431912765698_n-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onur.gov.lk\/tm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/473701097_1036820135154482_8567506431912765698_n-768x432.jpg 768w, 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