Damayanthi sacrifices a goat to the Kali kovil on behalf of Mervyn

Monday, 30 January 2012

UPFA candidate who contested for the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha, Damayanthi Perera and a group of people had arrived in a vehicle and presented a goat to the Kali kovil in Munneswaram seeking divine intervention to protect Public Affairs and Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva, Lanka News Web learns.

Reliable sources say that the Minister has also attended the ceremony and had handed over the goat by giving the rope tied around the animal’s neck to the priest.

Damayanthi it is learnt has promised to sacrifice another animal if their request receives a positive response from the gods. She has made this pledge to the chief priest at the kovil, Kali Muttu Shiva Pakya Sundaram.

Since it was believed that the Minister’s bad period could be overcome by using people’s contributions for the religious observances, Damayanthi had collected monies from several people to purchase the goat to be handed over to the kovil.

The chief priest of the Munneswaram kovil recently said that Mevryn’s actions to release the animals that were brought to be sacrificed at the kovil has angered the gods.

However, the chief priest has told the media that although the Minister has got several people to visit the kovil and sacrifice an animal on his behalf seeking forgivenss from the gods, the Minister would soon make a visit to the kovil to personally seek forgiveness.