The Commercial Bank of Ceylon played an active role in the just-concluded annual festival of the sacred Nallur Kandasamy Kovil in Jaffna, promoting sustainability practices, providing mobile banking services for devotees, and conducting special card promotions.

The Bank engaged in a door-to-door promotion in Jaffna, Nelliady, Chunnakam, Marudhanaamadam, Atchuvely, Thirunelveli, Point Petro, Thellippalai, Manipay and Chankanai and distributed 1,500 plants, as part of its commitment to create sustainable future.

The Bank also conducted a raffle draw and presented valuable gifts to customers, including plants. On 1st September, after the conclusion of the Chariot Festival, one of the highlights of the Nallur Festival programme, the Bank’s staff from branches in the northern region conducted a clean-up of the four roads that lead to the Nallur temple, further demonstrating commitment to the environment, while connecting with the community.

The Bank said it had stationed its ‘Bank-on-Wheels’ mobile unit at Nallur during the festival period, offering devotees and visitors access to cash withdrawal facilities. The Bank also partnered with clothing, fashion, accessories, and lifestyle products retailers, supermarkets and dining outlets in the vicinity, offering Commercial Bank credit and debit card holders discounts up to 35%.

Commercial Bank’s community projects that promote sustainability encompass its ‘Trees for Tomorrow’ initiative to plant 100,000 trees around the country, the reforestation of a 100-hectare swath of degraded habitat belonging to the Kandegama forest in the Dimbulagala range of the Polonnaruwa District, a mangrove restoration project in Koggala; a marine turtle conservation initiative in Panama, a partnership with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) to maintain a stretch of beach in Kalutara, and numerous beach clean-up projects.

Pictured here are some of the highlights of Commercial Bank’s multifaceted involvement with the 2024 edition of the Nallur Festival.