In the said book, Sir Ponnambalam clearly narrates how Hambayas (a new set of 33,000 strong immigrants from Malabar Coast, India) went to Kandy from coastline to instigate the Ulemas and regular users of the Muslim mosque at Crown Hill Street, Kandy to object the usual wesak carols of Buddhists being paraded in the streets of Kandy. The book explains how Buddhists got the permission to hold the carol procession after midnight and how Hambayas stay awake till after the midnight on 28th May 1915 to stop the carol party. It also says how Hambayas booed, yelled and hooted the first carol party as they turned back from Crown Hill Street on the advice of the inspector in charge there even though they had a licence. It narrates how Hambayas pelted stones and bottles on the carol party afterwards and the first riot started. It also explains how a Sinhala man was shot dead by a Muslim shop owner the following day and not arresting the shooter as the cause for spreading the riots all over Sri Lanka.