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which culminates on the February full moon is a spectacle that has the certain participation of more than 100 caparisoned elephants brought from all over the island. Since 1979 (the year it was first held) the Navam Maha Perahera has attracted nearly a million spectators to the Gangaramaya Temple, at Hunupitiya, Colombo that overlooks the picturesque Beira Lake.