Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c10.s2.6

c10.s2.6

The first essential was, as always, to find out a suitable day and hour for the ceremony (nekat balanava). As the eyes had to be painted about five a.m. in memory of the fact that Buddha attained enlightenment at that hour, a nekat that falls at that time must be waited for. Till then the ceremony had been postponed, even if for a whole year, as auspicious nekat falling at other times were of no use.