Ratnapura Saman Devalaya is one of the most sacred shrines of Sri Lanka dedicated to God Sumana Saman Deviyo who is the protector and guardian of Buddism as well as one of the four gods sworn to protect Sri Lanka. Every august this Shine conducts a traditional festival where hundreds of elephants, dancers, Drummers and Devala officials are parading the devala maluwa for 2 weeks every night.

The peripheral is colorful and you would be listing to traditional Sinhala Music and see the sabaragamuwa style of Dancing. According to a poem sung in "Gara Yakuma" Dance This festival is Sri lance's oldest prcession relating to Rama Rawana Story and God Sumana Saman.

The most fascinating is the Traditional Rituals practiced over unknown number of years by assignee families who tranfer the duties to the Saman Devi to each generation in form of verbal and practical knowledge. The Duties involve from preperation of food to Diyawadana Nilame. The Nilames, Mohottalas, Vidanes, Kapuralas many others including dancers and drummers are thousands in numbers.