No one could stop me from visiting temples - Mahinda

No one could stop me from visiting temples - Mahinda

Attending to a ‘Bodhi Pooja’ at the Purana Viharaya

in Beddewewa,Sooriyawewa former president Mahinda Rajapaksa had quipped in this manner.

“My security had been pruned down. Whether I have security or not I will be visiting temples. No one could stop me from visiting temples. My supporters would give me security. Hambanthota has become a world renowned town. What these people are having is jealousy.

When spoken of Mattala anyone in the world would know it is a place where an International airport is housed.They also knows that any large aircraft could land on the Mattala airport”.

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa had laid a foundation stone for the construction of a Buddha statue at this Purana Viharaya premises.

The Buddhist monks who had been present had chanted ‘Jaya’ pirith to bless the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.