Gara Dance - Ending of Annual Medin Maha Maya Maduwa Festival of the Sri Devram Vehera Temple

Dance with fire ash - Ending of Annual Medin Maha Perahera festival of the Sri Devram Vehera Temple in Pannipitiya DEVOL MADUWA - Fragrance speaks! Maya Gini Maduwa [same as Gam madu or devol madu]

During the Chola rule in India, soldiers ordered to kill a Stag that was deserting the garden of King Seramana, but the Stag fell into the nearby king’s pond and died as he chased after him. Stag, realizing that it was the king who had caused him this calamity, died in anger at the king. Stag gave birth to a small frog in the same pond.

One day when the king went to the pond, he broke a beautiful flower that was in bloom and smelled it. In an instant the frog that had been hiding under the flower crawled into the brain along the King’s nose. No matter how much the king was treated for his headache, he did not recover. Sometime later, the king saw a beautiful woman in a dream.

The priests told the Brahmins that their idea was that the goddess Pattini had appeared in a dream and that the king had a curse on her. Therefore, one should go to a country where Buddhism is established and give thanks to the goddess Pattini. Deciding that the most suitable country for this was Ceylon, the king came to the island from Wattala and went to Kelaniya to worship the Buddha and done the first ‘Devol Maduwa’ at Ruwanwella. Legend has it that the king’s headache has been gone since then. all the diseases are inserted into the pottery and taken to the water and the pottery is broken by hitting the head of a calf to escape the diseases. Then the dance Gara Ves, Yaga will be completed. Gammadu or Devolmaduwa is connected to the main devalaya and when it is done on the temple grounds it becomes ‘Devol Maduwa’. Giving priority to the occasion of the arrival of Pattini Halamba in the evening and giving the opportunity to seven people instead of one Pattini as ‘Pattini Maduwa’. At the time of the landing of the god Devol, the fire pit set up in front of Kadawatha was made in a very large size, and the shed where the people were placed and given priority to it was called the ‘Gini Maduwa’.

Similarities
Sri Devram Vehera 'Maya Gini Maduwa', describes the similarities and differences between the traditional Gini Maduwa as it focuses on the part that is done to finish the Gara Yakun Madu Thottara. Giving priority and consideration to the alms given to the god Kataragama.

Worshiping to Queen Mahamaya - MAYA MADUWA and MEDIN PERAHARA
Mathru Divya Raja is situated in this sacred premises; this being the second building in the world so dedicated. Queen Mahamaya who gave birth to the Bodhisatwa Prince Siddhartha subsequently became Mathru Divya Raja. A stone statue of Mathru Divya Raja alias Queen Mahamaya which has been cast by using the rock found in that city is erected at Devram Vehera. The statues of the gods of Kataragama and Vishnu have been placed in the room adjacent to it. It is believed that the Deva Mandira has lot of supernatural powers. We have seen that numerous poojas being offered by all kinds of devotees such as women expecting babies and people seeking to heal the sick children.

The Perahera consists of three components - Medin Perahera, Theruwan Pooja Perahera

‘Maha Rawana Perahera’ to felicitate Father of the nation’ King Shree Lankeshwara Rawana' - at Sri Devram Vehera Temple on 27 March 2021 at 7.00pm. The Annual Medin Perahera of the Devram Vehera temple in Pannipitiya will be conducted today under the patronage of the temple’s founder The Ven. Kolonnawe Siri Sumangala Thera . The cultural and religious pageant will be conducted along the streets of the area in accordance with health guidelines. It will commence at 7.00 pm today and will be conducted for three nights consecutively. After the placement of the casket containing the sacred relics on the caparisoned tusker, the street parading will commence. Suddodhana Perahera, Mahamaya Perahera and Maha Ravana Perahera‍. The maha perahera had been travelling the streets across Pannipitiya starting from Sri Devram Vehera.

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