President Sirisena at the Dimbulagala temple

Today is the full-moon Poya of Poson (June), which is especially noteworthy to the Sri Lankan. The full-moon Poson Poya Day is noteworthy to the Sri Lankan Buddhists as the day on which Emperor Asoka's son, the Arahat Mahinda, officially introduced Buddhism to the island in the 3rd century B.C.