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Friday, January 24, 2020
Extremist Buddhist monks visit Tamil Hindu temple threatened by Sinhalisation
22 January 2020
Buddhist monks from Ravana Balaya, a Sinhala Buddhist supremacist
organisation, and those reportedly who led the racist ‘Sinha Le’
campaign visited a Tamil Hindu temple in Mullaitivu that has been at the
centre of a local dispute about land-grabs and Sinhalisation.
The group of southern Sinhala Buddhist monks visited the temple, and
inspected areas around it, including a vihara on the temple’s premises
that has been constructed by monks over the last ten years, culminating
in the building of a massive Buddha statue.
The monks held talks with the vihara officials, as well as with soldiers at the army camp opposite the temple.
The head of the Ravana Balaya claimed that the monks living in the North
East areas were being harassed by local Tamils and accused them of
“racism”. They went on to state that they are visiting to investigate
these conditions, with the intention of preserving Buddhism.
Ravana Balaya is an extremist organisation that has been accused of hate
speech, whilst the Sinha Le campaign saw racist vandalism on Muslim
homes and protests with Sinhala lion flags.
The Neeraviyadi Pillaiyaar temple in Semmalai has been under intense
state-backed Sinhalisation efforts, which included prolonged legal
battles, and the military setting up a sham archaeological museum
claiming artefacts from the area and belonged to the disputed Buddhist
vihara.
At the start of this year, it was reported that Buddhists viharas and
monks' residences were under construction at Kilinochchi University
campus, in yet another Tamil occupied area.
22 January 2020
Buddhist monks from Ravana Balaya, a Sinhala Buddhist supremacist
organisation, and those reportedly who led the racist ‘Sinha Le’
campaign visited a Tamil Hindu temple in Mullaitivu that has been at the
centre of a local dispute about land-grabs and Sinhalisation.
The group of southern Sinhala Buddhist monks visited the temple, and
inspected areas around it, including a vihara on the temple’s premises
that has been constructed by monks over the last ten years, culminating
in the building of a massive Buddha statue.
The monks held talks with the vihara officials, as well as with soldiers at the army camp opposite the temple.
The head of the Ravana Balaya claimed that the monks living in the North
East areas were being harassed by local Tamils and accused them of
“racism”. They went on to state that they are visiting to investigate
these conditions, with the intention of preserving Buddhism.
Ravana Balaya is an extremist organisation that has been accused of hate
speech, whilst the Sinha Le campaign saw racist vandalism on Muslim
homes and protests with Sinhala lion flags.
The Neeraviyadi Pillaiyaar temple in Semmalai has been under intense
state-backed Sinhalisation efforts, which included prolonged legal
battles, and the military setting up a sham archaeological museum
claiming artefacts from the area and belonged to the disputed Buddhist
vihara.
At the start of this year, it was reported that Buddhists viharas and
monks' residences were under construction at Kilinochchi University
campus, in yet another Tamil occupied area.
