The first Randolil perahera of the Kandy Esala festival will place along the streets of Kandy tonight.

The Randoli, will vend parade its way through the streets of Kandy in an endless torchlight parade made of hundreds of, dancers, drummers, Chieftains and elephants.

The Kandy Esala Perahera, originally a ritual invoking the blessings of the Gods to assure timely rains for cultivation is an occasion for local artistes to pay their reverence to the sacred Tooth Relic and to gods and goddesses.

The present Esala perahara in Kandy comprising five Kumbal peraheras was started in 1753 AD.