The first batch of new rice after being plucked, threshed and winnowed is offered to the Buddha and deities.
A traditional procession takes place from the Palace to Kundasale headed by Diyawadaered to the sacred tooth relic.
The most important new rice festival that happens afterwards is the Aluth Sahal Mangalle at the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura.
This festival was started by a king called Sri weera parakrama narendrasinghe in 1707.
Diyawadana nilame and the rest of the people got Kundasale with perahara and take the harvest and come back to the temple of tooth relic.