Sri Lanka, June 10 -- Hiru Media Network's "Hiru Shraddhabhivandana" programme for this year's Poson Full Moon Poya Day will take place throughout today, at the historic Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya.

This grand meritorious act, a concept of Chairman of the Hiru Media Network, Rayynor Silva, marks the auspicious Poson Full Moon Poya Day, commemorating the conferral of Buddhism upon Sri Lanka.

Subsequently, alms were offered to 1,000 Buddhist monks for the first time in history at the sacred site of the historic Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya today.

For over a decade, the Hiru Media Network has supported the Buddhasasana by facilitating the ordination of over 200 novice monks and acting as their lay guardians.

This year, continuing its profou...