Toronto Depavali event

I just got back from Our High Commission Deepavali event.What a Great day for Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa & Toronto, Canada. It’s a most successful DEEPAVALI event ever. We had hall full of people 90 % Tamils rest Muslim and Sinhalese and Over 5 Member of Parliament’s came for this event. Hindu Priest performed  Puja ritual - Religious Observance conducted by Siva Shri Thiyagarajah Kurukkal of the Sri Durrka Hindu Temple , North York, Toronto. Batticaloa Tamil Rev. father S.J / Akrapathu Muslim Maulana / Buddiest monks  six of them came for this event.

We all share the event stages. I  divided  our country man in to different tasks.

ManoRanjan - Ignasious Selliah as a M.C ( from Mannar)

Chandran Kumaran - Light the Oil Lamp ( Jaffna)

Ajentha Ganamuthu - Speech in Tamil ( Batticaloa)

Sivam  Vinayagamoorthy- Speech in English ( Batticaloa )

Anzul Jan - Read President Message in Tamil ( Kandy )

Mr Sumith Dassanyake - Minister Counsellor  Read President Message in English ( Kurunagala)

Main - Address by H.E Ms Chitranganee Wagiswara, High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada  ( Colombo)

Distribution of Door Prizes - Mr L Wickremasinghe,Sri Lankan Airlines - to hand over  the 1st prize  ( Down South - Galle )

Mr Kula Sellathurai, President , Canada –Sri Lanka  Business Council to hand over  the 2nd  prize ( Jaffna)

Mr Ganesan Sugumar, Vice President, of the  Canada –Sri Lanka Business to hand over  the 3rd prize ( Jaffan - Condlombo )

Lighting of the Oil Lamp

H.E the High Commissioner Ms Chitranganee Wagiswara

Mr H M B Herath, Actg. Consul General, Toronto

Mr Lalith Wickremasinghe, Manager, Sri Lankan Airlines 

Ms Louise Roberge, Chairman Canada –Sri Lanka Business Council

Mr. M Chandran,  member  of the Tamil Community 

 This is the way to reach our Mother Lanka. 'We're All in This Together,as UNITED Sri Lankans.`

(Sivam)