3 Saiva temples simultaneously plundered of idols in Batticaloa
[TamilNet, Sunday, 02 June 2013, 21:46 GMT]
Unidentified squads that came in heavy vehicles to three Saiva temples in Ka’luvaagnchik-kudi in Batticaloa district on Saturday midnight forcibly entered the temples and robbed the temples, stealing historic bronze statues, golden plates, jewellery and cash. Civil sources in the district suspect that the attack on temples, following the recent protest against the move by Buddhist extremists to install a Budda statue at the entrance to the Batticaloa city, has been carried out by the SL military intelligence, which has threatened the protestors during their protest on Wednesday.
Kurukka'l-madam Chellak-kathirkaamam Koayil, Kurukka'lmadam Aianaar Koayil and Maang-kaadu Pi'l'laiyaar Koayil in Ka'luvaagnchik-kudi of Batticaloa district in the Eastern Province were forcibly opened and burgled by the squads that came in heavy vehicles Saturday midnight.
Valuable historic bronze statues, golden plates and jewelry and several thousand rupees in cash were stolen away by the squads, according to complaints lodged with the SL Police in Ka'luvaagnchik-kudi.
Batticaloa district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians Messrs P.Selvarasa, C.Yogeswaran and P. Ariyanethran have visited the three temples and witnessed the extent of the damage caused to these temples.
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians, Tamil councilors of the Eastern Province and the members of the Saiva community on Wednesday staged a protest against the erection of statue of Lord Buddha at the entrance to the Batticaloa city.
SL military intelligence personnel were confronting the protestors taking close-up photos of the participants of the peaceful protest in a threatening manner.
As a result, a tense situation prevailed for a while. Prompted by the harassment by the SL military intelligence, TNA parliamentarian Mr S. Yogeswaran, in turn said he has taken photographs of the intelligence personnel harassing the public and said that he would hold them responsible if any untoward incident befell the peaceful participants.
In the meantime, an injunction order prohibiting the construction of the Buddha statue has been issued by the Batticaloa Magistrate.
However, the chief Buddhist monk at the Mangalarama Buddhist temple in Batticaloa has vowed to appeal the decision of the magistrate court and to resume the construction of the controversial statue at the same site.
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Unidentified squads that came in heavy vehicles to three Saiva temples in Ka’luvaagnchik-kudi in Batticaloa district on Saturday midnight forcibly entered the temples and robbed the temples, stealing historic bronze statues, golden plates, jewellery and cash. Civil sources in the district suspect that the attack on temples, following the recent protest against the move by Buddhist extremists to install a Budda statue at the entrance to the Batticaloa city, has been carried out by the SL military intelligence, which has threatened the protestors during their protest on Wednesday.
Kurukka'l-madam Chellak-kathirkaamam Koayil, Kurukka'lmadam Aianaar Koayil and Maang-kaadu Pi'l'laiyaar Koayil in Ka'luvaagnchik-kudi of Batticaloa district in the Eastern Province were forcibly opened and burgled by the squads that came in heavy vehicles Saturday midnight.
Valuable historic bronze statues, golden plates and jewelry and several thousand rupees in cash were stolen away by the squads, according to complaints lodged with the SL Police in Ka'luvaagnchik-kudi.
Batticaloa district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians Messrs P.Selvarasa, C.Yogeswaran and P. Ariyanethran have visited the three temples and witnessed the extent of the damage caused to these temples.
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians, Tamil councilors of the Eastern Province and the members of the Saiva community on Wednesday staged a protest against the erection of statue of Lord Buddha at the entrance to the Batticaloa city.
SL military intelligence personnel were confronting the protestors taking close-up photos of the participants of the peaceful protest in a threatening manner.
As a result, a tense situation prevailed for a while. Prompted by the harassment by the SL military intelligence, TNA parliamentarian Mr S. Yogeswaran, in turn said he has taken photographs of the intelligence personnel harassing the public and said that he would hold them responsible if any untoward incident befell the peaceful participants.
In the meantime, an injunction order prohibiting the construction of the Buddha statue has been issued by the Batticaloa Magistrate.
However, the chief Buddhist monk at the Mangalarama Buddhist temple in Batticaloa has vowed to appeal the decision of the magistrate court and to resume the construction of the controversial statue at the same site.
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