Comments on: Churches damaged/destroyed by Aerial bombing and shelling in the North of Sri Lanka

By: a sl voter

a sl voter — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:28:29 +0000

As I see this looks like only the cathelic churches are lited here. I kow that a couple of Methodist churches which were damaged including Methodist Church of Point Pedro, St Peters Church Jaffna, St Lukes Church Puthur and another Methodist Church in Allaipiddi..

By: Naga UK

Naga UK — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:06:39 +0000

Churches are meant to be hurt because they came from the west- the haven of the “adhirajayavadaya” not because they are preaching equality, but they are not Buddhists! – the survival straw of the rulers for the time being. What is next, other than the elimination of LTTE?

By: hiphop

hiphop — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:49:20 +0000

Mr. Jeyaraj I am a Canadian and have never been a big fan of yours. But, I like your” middle of the road” approach. This particular article is very informative. I am a Hindu and cannot still comprehend the sheer audacity and the vulgarity of the SLA or LTTE at attack of a place of worship. I am no being callous but the attack on the Buddhist monks I will reserve my opinion since I believe they are a prime cause all this chaos in the country.

By: pitumpe

pitumpe — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:32:51 +0000

Mr. Jayaraj Why did you foget to mention Killing over 100 devoties Anuradhapura,o mention Dalada Maligawa, Killing over 150 devoties Kaththakudi mosque and Killing 31 Budhist Monks at Aranthlawa by the LTTE DBSJ Responds: Why don't ypu read what i write rugularly, before raising such stupid questions. At least last week's Madhu Church: Tragic Casualty of Politico-Military Crossfire

By: Jack Ranasinghe

Jack Ranasinghe — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:21:50 +0000

Can somebody share a reference to the JVP’s attack on the TEMPLE OF TOOTH?

By: Lalith

Lalith — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:15:03 +0000

Damaging a religious Place is very bad.Those who made comments above,may make any comment about the Attack of TEMPLE OF TOOTH (UNESCO heritage site) in Kandy,where we did not have any war situation in that area.

By: Nam

Nam — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:45 +0000

Unlike the Christianity (both Roman catholic and Non-RC), there is no Hindu organization that keep a Database. Though Hinduism has high tolerance to other religion, I am somewhat ashamed to say that we lack proper organization, charity work and discipline inside the temple. There are countless Temples that were destroyed by SLA and only a local govt. database has those details (one of those in within the former Elephant pass garrison and during the 1991 attack there are accounts of SLA making one of those temple as temporary hospital and surgical suit for amputations. This is a never ending story.

By: Jack Ranasinghe

Jack Ranasinghe — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:30:58 +0000

Most, if not all, of these are Catholic churches and were probably damaged through war and neglect over the last 28 years.

Unlike the Assembly of God and other “evangelical” churches that receive funds from the West, The Catholic, Anglican and other traditional churches in Sri Lanka do not have the funds to pour into reconstruction of church buildings when the plight of the churchgoers poses a greater need. Furthermore, much of the cognregation is already dispersed and it would make little sense to bring all of these buildings back to their original glory.

From an archetctural perspective, however, its a huge loss for the country as some of these older churches must tell quite a story.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:59:42 +0000

This report exposes Sinhela state’s hypocrisy about caring about church.

Hopefully the world see this report and realize how Sri Lankan State systematically targeting places of worship
other than Buddhist Pansalas.

Same story goes to Hindu Temples too.

The most heinous crime is burning the Chelva Chanithy Ther which was newly built.

By: Lalith

Lalith — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:47:41 +0000

Why you are so worried only about the Churhes? If these facts are correct, the number of the damaged Hindu temples should be much more higher than these figures ,being the majority of tamils are Hindus.
But we do not hear any complaint from Hindu Clergy.