Plans To Rebuild North Sri Lanka and Its Temples Source: www.sundayobserver.lk<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/330642/8703856/3130669/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/12/06/new50.asp> SRI LANKA, December 12, 2009: The Government of Sri Lanka has announced plans to rebuild areas devastated by the civil war, including temples.
Mr. Kailasapillai, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Thiruketheeswaran Kovil in Mannar, sought the assistance of the Government to arrange for sculptors from India to come down and complete the architectural work using the pillars which had already been brought from Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu by the Trustees and awaiting installation at the Kovil. The president said that he would contact the High Commissioner for India in Sri Lanka and the Foreign Secretary of India and expedite the matter. He further informed the delegation that he has planned to develop the environment of the Thiruketheeswaram Temple and also assured that necessary roads will be repaired and constructed to that the devotees to Thiruketheeswaram can conveniently visit the Kovil.
