Forty persons including a Buddhist monk, twenty Army personnel and sixteen members of the Civil Defence Force have been marooned in the sacred site of Somawathi Temple, police said. The area has ...

According to the Chief Incumbent, around 1,000 devotees come to worship at Somawathi Temple daily, and that number exceeds 50,000 on Poya days, and over 100,000 devotees come to worship at the temple ...

The head monk of a Buddhist temple has contradicted a Sri Lankan government report that the Tamil Tigers attacked his temple. The monk told the BBC that shots had been fired at a sentry point, not at ...

Yesterday the monk said that on 19 June, shots were fired at a sentry post near Somawathi temple, a historical building north-east of Colombo, without hitting it.

Meanwhile around 100 pilgrims were stranded at Somawathi Raja Maha Viharaya premises due to the flooding. Later the Maha Sangha at the temple with the help of the Police had taken steps to transport ...