Sinhala & Tamil New Year Message from the President of Sri Lanka

Sinhala & Tamil New Year Message from the President of Sri Lanka

12 April 2020

Following is the Sinhala & Tamil New Year Message from the President of Sri Lanka

I wish the Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival, which is the most splendid cultural extravaganza of the nation, to be a peaceful, a joyful, a prosperous as well as a healthy period for every citzen of our country.

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year that Dawns with the transition of the Sun can be considered as a period of chearfulness, harmony and development of mutual relationships. Nevertheless, a virus that has spread across the world has entered our Motherland, and as a result, presently we are facing the most devastating situation since the era of our ancestors.

Hence, this time we are notable to celebrate festival collectively as the health specialists have emphasized the importance of maintaining social distance.

President's full message in all three languages (Sinhala, Tamil, and English) as follows.