By: Isuru Parakrama Colombo (LNW): The ceremony of Anointing Oil (Hisa Thel Gama) for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has commenced today (16) at 9.41 am. According to Sinhala and Tamil New Year auspicious time calendar, the ceremony is carried out by wearing red and yellow mixed clothing and by seeing at the direction of the South, placing Imbulpath leaves on the head and banyan leaves on the feet, and bathing after being anointed with imbulpath extract and oil.