Kataragama will become an ultra-modern city: Champika Ranawaka | Daily News

Kataragama will become an ultra-modern city: Champika Ranawaka

 

Kataragama will be made an ultra modern city, equipped with facilities for Buddhist, Hindu and Islam devotees within two years, Municipal Councils and Urban Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday.

Minister Ranawaka said this at an occasion held to illuminate the sacred city on the fourth day of the Esala festival in Kataragama.

Furthermore the Minister said that Kataragama has been a religious place for Buddhist, Hindu and Muslims devotees for more that thousand years and so Kataragama has become a symbol of peace and harmony.

Viharadhikari of Kirivehera Ven.Thalagala Gnaninda, Basnayake Nilame of Katargama Maha Devalaya D.P.Kumarage and a large number of Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic devotees participated.


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