A museum for Aranthalawa
15 March 2013 02:30 pm
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A memorial museum has been opened in Aranthalawa, Ampara in remembrance of the Aranthalawa massacre of 1987. The bus in which the Buddhist monks travelled has been preserved and the massacre is portrayed through sculptures by sculptor Anil Amarapura. The LTTE killed 31 Bikkhus including Ven. Hegoda Indrasara Thera on June 2, 1987.
Pix by Kumara C. Liyanarachchi