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After Final Randoli, Diya at 1:28 AM. After Final the legs are gone, is Diya a sit-down thing?

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Nora Ellison116•205 rep

First Esala, two adults, one small backpack. Diya Kapeema is listed 1:28 AM on Friday 28 Aug after Final Randoli. After Final the legs are gone, is Diya a sit-down thing. I cannot tell if this is ordinary festival chaos or we are about to pick the stupid option.

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We watch from shop steps, not from the first row. On Diya Kapeema the first row people who arrived at 3pm are wrecked before the relic casket. Katugastota Road park-and-walk a little back is kinder and you still see the tusker. Diya is a water-cutting ritual at 1:28 AM, not a second Grand Randoli. If you need sleep, skip it and do Dahawal at 2:18 PM. Do not invent a tourist ticket for it. Call the desk before you guess a late checkout.

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Lahiru Kulasekara•225 rep

We came at five for Final Randoli and it was already shoulders on Raja Veediya. Katugastota Road park-and-walk still had a gap. Do not copy the 3pm campers unless you like being cooked. Shoes you can stand in, not the pretty pair.

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Nora Lang121•185 rep

I would not enter Sri Dalada Maligawa in the hour before 1:28 AM. Courtyard dress rules plus a filling street is a lot. Watch the street, do the temple in the morning. Then tea, then the room.

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Kiri Harris122•222 rep

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