{"id":77623,"date":"2013-03-17T19:05:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T19:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=77623"},"modified":"2013-03-20T06:24:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T06:24:19","slug":"sri-lanka-as-it-heals-from-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-as-it-heals-from-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka, As It Heals From War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Amy Karafin<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77625\" style=\"width: 88px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-as-it-heals-from-war\/amy-k\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77625\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77625\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77625\" title=\"Amy K\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Amy-K.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-77625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Karafin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As soon as I arrived at the temple, an old man caught my eye and directed me to the inner sanctum. It was hot outside, and the sun was strong. But it was even hotter in the temple, where hundreds of festivalgoers had gathered.<\/p>\n<p>Once I walked beyond the crowds and entered the dark, smoky chamber, the air was cooler, though, with scents of burning ghee and faded coconut. The Hindu god Murugan, popular among the Tamil people of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sri+Lanka&amp;x=5&amp;y=1\">Sri Lanka<\/a><\/span>, was in his alcove, garlanded in flowers and lighted by dozens of tiny oil lamps. I\u2019m not a Hindu and tend toward agnostic, but my mother was sick, and the vibes here were strong. 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