{"id":110741,"date":"2013-10-18T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T09:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=110741"},"modified":"2013-10-26T05:17:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T23:47:33","slug":"gota-opens-new-dagoba-in-kilinochchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-opens-new-dagoba-in-kilinochchi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gota Opens New Dagoba In Kilinochchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In another symbolic gesture of Buddhist hegemony over the Tamil dominated parts of the island, Secretary to the Ministry Defence <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gotabaya+Rajapaksa&amp;x=9&amp;y=4\">Gotabaya Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> and Army Commander Dayaratne yesterday inaugurated a sparkling new Buddhist temple in the former rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi in the Wanni region and enshrined the Buddha&#8217;s sacred relics in its pinnacle.<\/p>\n<p>The pagoda at the Mankulam Sri Sugatha Viharaya was unveiled last morning and preceded by an all night pirith chanting, the Defence Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Security Force Headquarters-Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN),fully supported the construction of this new pagoda at the request of the temple incumbent, Ven Hingurakande Sumana Thera since it is place of Buddhist worship with a long history, but remained totally dilapidated for more than thirty years after terrorism for separation commenced in the North,&#8221; the Ministry said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Ministry said a special illumination pooja had been held the same evening in the premises were to bring the two-day ceremonies to an end. 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