Underwater Avurudu festival for the first time in Sri Lanka

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For the first-time ever, a unique underwater Sinhala and Tamil New Year festival has been held in seas off Trincomalee.Divers brought the
Malima Diving Club of the Sri Lanka Navy Malima Hospitality Services (MHS), in collaboration with the Navy Diving Unit.The event was
as a premier diving destination.This first-of-its-kind event saw divers performing traditional cultural rituals and engaging in folk games
beneath the waves, creating a mesmerizing spectacle, the Sri Lanka Navy said in a statement.