Rs.30Mn from Gangaramaya Temple to the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Chief Incumbent of the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple, Ven. Kirinde Assaji Nayaka Thera, stated that support will be extended to coordinate assistance from overseas Buddhist temples. 

Assistance will be provided both for providing relief to the people affected by the disaster and for the rebuilding of temples and religious sites across the island that have suffered damage.

Ven. Assaji Thera made this remark during a meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

As a contribution to the Government’s ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ fund established to provide relief to those affected by Cyclone Ditwa, the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo has donated Rs. 30 million.

Ven. Assaji Thera further stated that groups working in close affiliation with the Gangaramaya Temple, both locally and internationally will extend their support to the fund in the future.