
Two new Buddhist temples in Jaffna
Under the cover of high security zones the military is building more and more Buddhist temples and setting up Buddhist statues in the residential areas of Tamils in Jaffna.
Two new Buddhist temples have been opened in Jaffna on the full moon day (poya day) of August 19th. The Thahukopam built by the Navy for the recently built Thambaloka Pathuna temple in Mathagal and the new Buddhist temple in the military hospital in Palay are the two opened on August 10th. Many senior military leaders including the leader of all three forces Thaya Santhakiri attended the opening ceremony of the Thathugopam at Mathagal. Many Buddhist monks also attended the two ceremonies.
23 August 2005
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