Ceylon celebrates 2500th Anniversary of Buddha's death
Ceylon 1956, celebrating the 2500th Anniversary of Buddha's death.
River bathers; service and praying; temples people bathing themselves in ritual bath before ceremony; man standing in front of Buddha statue throwing something at it; looking out over devotees praying to pay homage to the Buddha in Anuradhapura; trees surrounding; high priest Rev Dodampahala Kavidhaja Thero leads the ceremony to people kneeling and bowing before him; man in robes with beard kneeling down with hands clasped; crowd in meditation; Thuparama Dagaba Temple the earliest temple in Ceylon; Crowd in meditation; flag decked street; devotees going in and coming out of temple; villagers in the village of Kelaniya leading procession along road with men playing drums and elephants following behind; men playing tom toms and bugle like instruments; men following in procession pushing cart with a form of model temple on it; procession with carts and elephant coming towards camera; line of elephants following the proces
