Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c7.97

c7.97

The third annual festival, the *Karti maṅgalya*, took place in November. The chief part it consisted in the illumination of dēvāles and vihāras with innumerable small earthern *maṅgalya* lamps (*meṭi-pan*). In Kandy, the palace and temples, and the principal streets (those around the bō-maḷuva were brilliantly illuminated, and the images of the gods were carried in procession on elephants, with almost the same ceremonies and honours as during the first part of the perahera.