Srilanka, Feb. 1 -- The annual "Kruthaveditwaye Satkaraya" (Gratitude for the Service) programme conducted by Ven. Pallegama Vijitha Thera to present gifts to the current students, teachers, non-academic staff and retired teachers as well, who taught him at the Pallegama Secondary School in Deniyaya where the Thera studied, was held recently.

This was the thirteenth consecutive annual event of the "Gratitude for the Service" programme, implemented by Administrative Secretary of the Sri Lanka Pilgrimage Resort in New Delhi, India, Incumbent of both the Veluwanaramaya in Rajagaha and the Dharmashrama in Rajagiriya, Colombo, and Vice President of the Ananda Bodhi Society in India, Ven Pallegama Vijitha Thera.

The special feature of this G...