3 June 2022 10:34 am
By Wasantha Chandrapala
The cold blooded massacre of 32 Buddhist monks at Aranthalawa by the LTTE terrorists on June 02, 1987 was commemorated yesterday at the Aranthalawa International Buddhist Centre with Chief Incumbent of the Mahavapi Maha Vihara in Ampara and Head of the Buddhist Centre Ven. Kirindiwela Somarathne Thera as the chief guest.
The ceremony commenced with paying floral tributes to the statue of Ven. Hegoda Sri Indrasara Thera and the Sri Lanka Navy commissioning the water treatment unit in the Buddhist Centre.
The Navy offered alms to 100 Buddhist monks in commemoration of the victims of the massacre.
Ampara Government Agent J.M.A .Douglas, Eastern Province Commander of the Army Maj.Gen. Priyantha Jayawardene. Brigade Commander of the 24 Brigade Maj.Gen. Saliya Amunugama, South –East Commandant of the Navy Rear Admiral M.S.K.R. Mahawatta, Director of the Polonnaruwa General Hospital Dr. Upul. Ampara SP Priyadarshana Herath and Chairman of Mahoya Pradeshiya Sabha Indika Nilantha Gunawardene were present at the occasion.