After Final Randoli, Diya at 1:28 AM. Walk from the grid or need a pre-agreed van?
First Esala, two adults, one small backpack. Diya Kapeema is listed 1:28 AM on Friday 28 Aug after Final Randoli. Walk from the grid or need a pre-agreed van. 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. Queen's Hotel pavement 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. Then tea, then the room.
We came at five for Final Randoli and it was already shoulders on Raja Veediya. Queen's Hotel pavement still had a gap. Do not copy the 3pm campers unless you like being cooked. Kids change the trade.
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. Call the desk before you guess a late checkout.
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