The New Rice Festival, where the first harvest of the paddy from the fields belonging to the Sri Dalada Maligawa are brought to the Dalada Maligawa and the offerings prepared from the rice are offered to the Sacred Tooth Relic, was held on Saturday under the guidance of the Venerable Thibbatuwawe Medhankara Nayaka Thera and Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela.