The Aluth Sahal Mangalle or the New Rice Festival is a

harvest festival A harvest festival is an annual Festival, celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times at different ...

of the Maha kannaya in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. The first batch of new rice after being plucked, threshed and winnowed is offered to the Buddha and deities.Annual New Rice Festival of Sri Dalada Maligawa
/ref> Every January Poya Day, new rice festival commences. Rice and paddy donated to

Temple of the Tooth Sri Dalada Maligawa, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the Royal Palace Complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of ...

are stored at

Kundasale Kundasale (; ) is a former town, now a suburb of Kandy in Kandy District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. The town is situated to the southeast of the centre of Kandy. The population is about 150,000. History King Vira Parakrama Narendra Sinha ...

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in a separate location allocation and distribution of Rice and paddy to Devales relevant, is done. A traditional procession takes place from the Palace to Kundasale headed by Diyawadaered to the sacred tooth relic. Only after the new rice festival at the Sri Dalada Maligawa and offering rice to the sacred tooth relic, can the farmers around the country collect their harvest and commence their own new rice festivals in the respective villages. The most important new rice festival that happens afterwards is the Aluth Sahal Mangalle at the Sri Maha Bodhi in

Anuradhapura Anuradhapura (, ; , ) is a major city located in the north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central Province, Sri Lanka, North Central Province and the capital of Anuradhapura District. The city lies north of the cur ...

. This festival was started by a king called Sri weera parakrama narendrasinghe in 1707. Diyawadana Nilame does the main part in this festival. This is about the first harvest in paddy situated in kundasale. Diyawadana nilame and the rest of the people got Kundasale with perahara and take the harvest and come back to the temple of tooth relic. This is done in nice fashion always, according to the tradition these traditions are done in much respect, for tooth relic of Buddha. A man called Nakath Mohottala also does a main part in this festival. He prepares an agenda called 'Nakth pathraya' and whole things were done on it.

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Buddhist holidays Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka Annual events in Sri Lanka {{Theravada-stub