Sri Lanka, Nov. 7 -- The first Katina ceremony was held recently at the Loving Kindness Meditation Sanctuary, a natural meditation temple built near the historic Lake Elsinore in California, USA. The Katina ceremony was held under the patronage of its founder, Venerable Paravahera Maithri Murthi Thera, with the joint participation of the founders of the Urumaya Cultural Festival, Nalinda Dilupama and Kanishka Gomes.

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