{"id":2468,"date":"2026-06-14T06:55:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T06:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2026-06-14T06:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T06:55:42","slug":"annual-festival-of-nainativu-nagapooshani-amman-temple-begins-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/06\/14\/annual-festival-of-nainativu-nagapooshani-amman-temple-begins-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Festival of Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple Begins Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual grand festival of the historic <strong>Nagapooshani Amman Temple<\/strong> will commence tomorrow (15 June) with the traditional flag-hoisting ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Following the flag hoisting, a series of religious ceremonies and festival events will be held throughout the festival period.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the festival, the <strong>Chariot Festival (Ther Festival)<\/strong>, is scheduled to take place on <strong>28 June 2026<\/strong>, while the <strong>Theertham (Holy Water) Festival<\/strong> will be held on the morning of <strong>29 June 2026<\/strong>. The annual festival will conclude with the <strong>flag-lowering ceremony<\/strong> on the same evening.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure the safety and security of devotees, police officers will be deployed throughout the festival period. In addition, volunteers from the scouting movement and <strong>St. John Ambulance Sri Lanka<\/strong> will assist with public services and emergency support.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation arrangements have also been made for pilgrims. A total of <strong>42 boats<\/strong> will operate during the festival, while special bus services provided by the <strong>Sri Lanka Transport Board<\/strong> and private bus operators will be available.<\/p>\n<p>Several essential facilities have been organized for devotees, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drinking water supplies<\/li>\n<li>Medical services<\/li>\n<li>Sanitation and health facilities<\/li>\n<li>Electricity services<\/li>\n<li>Ambulance and emergency response services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thousands of devotees from Northern, Eastern, and other parts of Sri Lanka are expected to participate in the annual religious celebrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual grand festival of the historic Nagapooshani Amman Temple will commence tomorrow (15 June) with the traditional flag-hoisting ceremony. Following the flag hoisting, a series of religious ceremonies and festival events will be held throughout the festival period. The highlight of the festival, the Chariot Festival (Ther Festival), is scheduled to take place on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions\/2470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}