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Pictures: Groundbreaking for new Buddhist temple
STORY: Groundbreaking for new Buddhist temple in Canada
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PICTURES BY MAHESH ABEYEWARDENE / THE SRI LANKA REPORTER
Children from the Sunday Dhamma school form a guard of honour for a procession to celebrate the groundbreaking.
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Procession ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony.
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Children sing Buddhist songs ahead of the ceremony.
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Buddhist monks light the traditional oil lamp.
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Monks wait for the auspicious moment to place the first bricks.
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Monks wait for the auspicious moment to place the first bricks.
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Ontario Minister of Labour Peter Fonseca (R), Mississauga City Councillor Carolyn Parrish (C), and Sri Lankan High Commissioner Chitranganee Wagiswara (L) participate in a sod turning ceremony.
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Buddhist monks and nuns consecrate the site of a new Buddhist temple.
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Buddhist monk consecrates the site of the new Buddhist temple.
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Devotees place white bricks at the site of the new Buddhist temple.
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Children release balloons to celebrate the occassion.
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