The wife of the Eastern province governor Rohitha Bogollagama, Deepthi Bogollagama is said to have threatened a group of Tamil devotees while visiting a religious site in Trincomalee. The incident had occurred during a visit to the site which is currently under dispute regarding its heritage. Her disruptive behaviour before the Police and government officers is said to have angered the villagers of Sampur.
Deepthi Bogollagama was seen on tape walking over ‘Kolam’ drawn at the religious site while wearing shoes and threatening the people present. She was recorded in the act at the Skanda Kumara Kovil on the Maddalama hill in Sudaikudah village belonging to the Muttur District Secretariat.
As the women called out to their deities Mrs Bologgalagama is seen threatening the group saying “You will all be dealt with”.
She was later led away by the Police with the villagers calling out for her to be removed from the site.
The governor was at the time visiting the site to inquire into the claims by two Buddhist monks that the religious site has Buddhist archaeological value who had then gone on to coerce the Kovil administration to stop digging a well in the premises.
According to the Kovil’s Hindu priest Rasaiah Padmanathan, the site has long been a religious site where Gods Skanda, Kaali and Bahirawa were worshipped by devotees.
However, after claims were made the site is a Buddhist archaeological site the Governor has ordered the Trincomalee GA to look into the registration of the Kovil and to mark the boundaries of the area.
He has also ordered to stop the digging of the well in the Kovil premises while promising to provide water through a browser.
The Kovil has now been provided with special protection the Police said.
Source : radiogagana
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