The whole temple was decorated beautifully with Yellow colour lights, Banana leaves and fresh flower ganrlands. Special Poojas were offered during their comfortable stay at Sammānkodu Śrī Mānikka Vinayagar temple in Bambalapitty. The idols of Lord Murugan and his two wives Goddess Valli Ammai and Goddess Theivayānai paraded in the cart and blessed the devotees on the way. This led us to celebrate the Vel festival in Colombo annually" says the Chief Trustee of the Colombo Sammankodu Śrī Kathirvelāyuthaswamy temple Mr. The devotees in Colombo got together, and celebrated the festival. "There was a Cholera outbreak in Sri Lanka in 1874, and the British rulers did not allow the devotees to attend the annual festival and be on the Pātha Yathra to Kathirgāmam. The colourful procession started from Pettah and travel through York Street, Echelon Square and Galle Road to Bambalapitty, which has been the route for the annual Vel festival for more the 100 years. The festival wended through many main streets in Colombo after a lapse of 16 years.
Traditional musicians playing the Thavil and Nāthaswaram led the procession. The colourful procession paraded through the main streets in Colombo. Beautifully decorated wooden carved cart left the Colombo Sammānkodu Śrī Kathirvelāyuthaswamy temple in Sea Street left in the morning and reached the Sammānkodu Śrī Mānikka Vinayagar temple at night. The 136th annual Aadi Vel Festival was held in Colombo on July 23rd 2010 with colour and glamour. Vimalanatha Sharma carries the Trident for a deep dip in the ocean The Colourful Adi Vel cart and procession "Life is a festival only to the wise" -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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