Venerable in charge of Sri Pada owns a gem mine

 Saturday, 09 May 2015

It is being revealed the Chancellor of the Uva Wellassa University and the venerable in charge of the Sri Pada Bengamuwe Dhammadinna thero who is an uncle of the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa owns three licensed Gem mines and many illegal gem mines. According to the Gems and Jewelry Authority although he has licenses for a mine is Kiriella Rathnapura and for another two mines in Pathakada there are many illegal mines are being preserved by him around the area without license. Officers attached to the authority said although there was pre-information about this before due to the influence of the former
Rajapaksa regime no mines were raided but they said they are surprised why the authority still has not taken credible steps about this.

According to Buddhist tenets Buddhist monks cannot involve in industries or at least brake a branch in a tree. But at a time where the Lord Buddha’s teachings have gone for dogs we are afraid that the