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Due to changed star configurations, after many years of conducting the Esala Perahera in the months of June or July, this year's procession will revert to its namesake month of Esala (or August). Four hundred and ten years have passed since the Dalada or the Sacred Tooth Relic came to occupy the present Dalada Maligawa. Prince Danta and Princess Hemamala brought it to Sri Lanka during the Anuradhapura Era from when it became imperative that the King of the Land must be the guardian of the "Dalada".
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It is interesting to note the change of months of the annual festivity.
It is a beautiful and colorful festival marking the Dalada annual procession