CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA 
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Special security for Lankan pilgrims
Sri Lankan pilgrims visiting Buddhist shrines in India are being provided special security in the wake of the recent incidents in Chennai where two Buddhist monks were attacked on Sunday and Monday.Maha Bodhi Centre resident monk the Venerable Kalawane Mahanama Thera said the Tamil Nadu Government had agreed to provide special police squads to accompany Sri Lankan pilgrims visiting Bodhi Gaya and other places of Buddhist worship in Chennai.
The monk said the Tamil Nadu Government took this decision after the Sri Lanka’s Deputy High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam made such a request from the state government and the central government.
The monk thanked the Indian authorities for these security measures and said the Maha Bodhi Centre and the vicinity were safe.
“The areas outside the vicinity of Maha Bodhi Center are unsafe,” he said and added that the monk was attacked yesterday was residing at the Maha Bodhi Center and was safe. He said the attackers had stolen some cash which the monk had with him at the time of the attack.
The Ven. Mahanama Thera said some 250 Sri Lankan pilgrims were residing at Maha Bodhi Centre and they were safe and that those who had completed their pilgrimage would fly back to Colombo soon. (Yohan Perera)
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