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A Sri Lankan military commander accompanied a group of Sinhala Buddhist monks as they attended a Hindu ceremony at a Tamil temple in Jaffna last week.
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Commander of the Sri Lankan Security Forces in Jaffna Major General Mahesh Senanayake alongside troops of the 51 Division accompanied a group of Buddhist monks to the Ganesh Temple in Urumpirai, Jaffna on Friday.
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The monks proceeded to distribute parcels of traditional Sinhala sweets to the devotees to mark New Year festivities.
Also see our earlier posts:
Another militarised Tamil New Year across the North-East (14 Apr 2016)
Time has not resolved problems for Tamils says Wigneswaran at New Year (14 Apr 2016)