Temple in Navakkuli for displaced Buddhists

Priyanka Kurugala

The Zurich Hindu Buddhist Association has drawn up plans to build a temple in Navakkuli, Jaffna for Sinhalese who had to abandon their proprieties and flee the North due to terrorist activities, Hindu Buddhist Association President T Logeswaran said.

This act will be one more step in the on going efforts to build and foster ethnic and religious harmony between different communities, he said.

This proposed temple will be established in Navakkuli under the guidance of the Nagavihara Temple Authority, he said.

Around 135 Sinhala families live in Navakkuli. They live with many difficulties and lack facilities. They need support to rebuild their lives, he said.

Jaffna Naga Viharadhikari Meegahajandure Siriwimala Thera and Jaffna Tamil Buddhist Association President A Ravi Kumara is working round the clock in this regard. Sinhala Ravaya and Hela Urumaya too are supporting this endevour, Jaffna

Naga Viharadhikari Meegahajandure Siriwimala Thera, said.

Ravi Kumar has proposed to Organization's President Malkaanthi Wickramasinghe to establish a Dhamma School for Tamil and Sinhala students in Navakkkuli.

Through this Dhamma School they plan to teach Tamil language for Sinhala pupils and Sinhala language to Tamil pupils, he said.