Sri Lanka’s Mahanayake Theros today called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa to cancel the ‘Night Races’ automobile sporting event scheduled to be held in Kandy on June 27 and 28.
In a letter to the President, the Mahanayake Theros point out that holding car races in the sacred city of Kandy, which was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1988, would be harmful to the heritage and sacredness of the city, where the Temple of the Tooth Relic is located.
The letter is signed by the Most Ven. Niyangoda Sri Vijithasiri Anunayake Maha Thero of Maha Vihara Vanshika Shyampali Maha Nikaya Malwatta Capter of Sri Lanka, Most Venerable Udugama Sri Saddharma Keerthi Dhmmadassi Rathnapala Buddharakkitha Mahanayake Thera of Asgiriya Chapter, Most Ven. Dawuldena Gnanissara Mahanayake Thero of the Amarapura Chapter and Most Venerable Napana Premasiri Mahanayaka Thero of the Ramanna Maha Nikaya.
