Kataragama Pada Yatra 2002: Day 1-10 itinerary
The traditional Kataragama Pada Yatra foot pilgrims will assemble at Vattappalai Kannaki Amman Kovil on
Vaikasi Visakam (26 May). On the following morning the devotees will make their vows and start walking. The dates and places from Vattappalai up to Trincomalee are as follows:
Day
|
Date
|
Place
|
Site
|
Miles
|
0.
|
May
26
|
Vattappalai (Mullaitivu)
|
Kannaki Amman Kovil
|
0
|
1.
|
27
(am)
|
Tanir Uttu
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
2
|
1.
|
27
(pm)
|
Kanukerny
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
1
|
2.
|
28 (am)
|
Kumulamunai
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
6
|
3.
|
29
(am)
|
Chemmalai
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
4
|
4.
|
30
(am)
|
Kokkuttoduvāy
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
4
|
4.
|
30
(pm)
|
Karnāttukerny
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
2
|
5.
|
June
1 (am)
|
Kokkilāy
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
3
|
5.
|
01
(pm)
|
Pulmottai
|
Murugan Kovil
|
5
|
6.
|
02
(am)
|
Tiriyāy
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
4
|
7.
|
03
(am)
|
Kuchaveli
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
7
|
8.
|
04
(am)
|
Kumburupitti
|
Siddhi Vinayagar Kovil
|
4
|
8.
|
04
(pm)
|
Gopālapuram
|
Śrī Murugan Kovil
|
6
|
9.
|
05
(am)
|
Neelāveli
|
Mari Amman Kovil
|
3
|
9.
|
05
(pm)
|
Sāmbalteevu
|
Salli Amman Kovil
|
4
|
10.
|
06
(pm)
|
Trincomalee
|
Villundri Kandaswami Kovil
|
5
|
Kataragama Flag-hoisting date: July 10
Kataragama Teertham: July 25
What to bring
with you:
|
What not to bring:
|
Enough money to meet your own expenses
|
Your family and family problems
|
Camera & film
|
No motor vehicles, radios and cassettes
|
Water bottle, cup and bowl
|
No animal pets
|
White or colored vetti, shawl
|
No soaps and shampoos
|
Prescription medicines
|
No alcohol permitted
|
Sleeping sheet
|
No polythene bags or plastic bottles
|
While in jungle and national parks:
- Extinguish all cooking fires before departure including other unextinguished fires.
- Do not smoke while walking. Do not throw away burning cigarettes or beedis.
- Disturb the wild animals at your own risk. This is their home, not yours.
- Do not deface trees, rocks or scenic places or discard trash, polythene bags,
etc. on your way.
- Use water sparingly. Thousands of pilgrims come behind you and they too need
clean water.
Kataragama Devotees Trust: Kataragama Pilgrims Thondar Sabha, Captain's Gardens, Colombo-10. Tel. (011) 267-5436. E-mail: info@padayatra.org
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