1 April 2018 07:12 pm
According to India's Financial Express, the temple pandas, had refused to allow him entry to temple as he was not a Hindu. "They did not relent even after he clarified that he was a devout Buddhist," it said.
Minister Perera relayed his experience at a conference organised by the Kalinga International Foundation at Bhubaneswar, to an embarrassed audience.
The foundation’s chairman, former foreign secretary Lalit Mansingh, apologised profusely on behalf of his state, it added.