Giribhanda Pooja is a unique indigenous ceremony among material meritorious ceremonies which not found in any other country in the Word. This ceremony has been founded by Sri Lankan King ‘Mahadathita Mahanaga’ who lived in First Century A.D. Giribhanda Pooja, as its name signifies is because of essential material needs offered to a size of a mountain. According to the ancient sources, the special features of the Pooja are as follows; Lighting of lamps in the coastal sea...

Parallel to this Giribanda Pooja, the Foundation has carried out Katina Pinkama rituals among 50 temples situated in the remote areas of the country. Katina refers to the offering of the special robe (Katina Chivara) prepared and presented to monks who have completed the three-month period of retreat called Vas in Sinhala, and Vassana in Pali, meaning the period of rain. Katina literally means ‘firm,’ or ‘solid,’ because the offering of a Katina robe helps to earn...

Foundation has consistently extended its assistance towards the education of monks and lay Students. The contribution of Sri Siddhartha Foundation toward developing a generation of young student monks and lay students to lead the task of enhancing future social values of the country is of special importance. Many problems are encountered in developing Pirivenas (Education Centers for Monks) in faraway rural areas, specially, procuring the recommended text books is a difficult task. Therefore,...

Constructing and renovating buildings at the temples situated in rural villages with the support of local and foreign devotees is one of the prioritized activities of the Foundation. It has identified temples with insufficient facilities and contributed for the construction and renovation of Shrine Rooms, Pagodas, Monks Residences, Preaching Halls, Mediation Halls, Alms Halls, Gongs and Lavatories and Water and Electricity supply to uplift the conditions of the village temples. The Foundation...

Housing problem is one of the main issues for low income families in Sri Lanka. Sri Siddhartha Foundation initiated a program to assist these low income families to construct or renovate their houses. To celebrate the Fifteenth anniversary of the Foundation, 15 houses were constructed in 15 different villages as a new program. Since then, on several occasions Foundation granted funds for construction of houses. In 2008 Foundation donated roofing materials for 30 families affected by...

The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is spreading widely in Northern, Eastern and North-Central Provinces of Sri Lanka. It was revealed that the main cause for the increasing the Kidney diseases is the use of chemical polluted water for drinking. In order to address this situation, it is considered that the drinking water should be purified through the modern water purification equipment. To support this critical requirment, the Foundation constructed two Water Purification Plants in Padaviya...

Although heathcare services are provided free for citizens by the Government, many facilities are less than adequate. Such inadequacies are expected to be attended by the individual donors and non-governmental organizations. In this circumstances foundation has volunteered too donated various medical equipment for those needy Government Hospitals. It has donated two Blood Testing Machines to Padaviya Government Hospital for the use of Kidney Patients and two ECG machines and an Emergency...

Organizing Spiritual Development Pilgrimages Foundation organized many four day pilgrimages for spiritual developments to sacred religious places in Sri Lanka namely, Temple of Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Maha Bodhi, Ruwanveli Great Pagoda and many sacred places in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kataragama, Maligavila, Tantirimale with the participation of thousand laities. During these pilgrimages the devotees engaged in spiritual and behavioral development through Observations of Sil, Meditation,...