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Sri Lankans mourn Deeptha By a Correspondent in Los Angeles More than five hundred expatriates and Americans assembled at North Hollywood's at Thai Buddhist Temple Hall to pay last respects to the Sri Lankan journalist Deeptha Leelaratne. Fellow journalist, and former Deputy Editor of the Sunday Observer. Philip Fernando making an eulogy said, the large gathering bore ample testimony to Deeptha's endearing qualities of selfless service to fellow men and his love for the country of his birth. The largest Theravada Temple in Los Angeles provided a serene atmosphere for the funeral of Deeptha, who was a devout Buddhist and the surrounding was decked with Sri Lankan, like banners that wished the departed journalist Nirvana, the ultimate bliss, painted both in Sinhala and English languages. In the Sri Lankan style, a message of condolences, composed in verse by local poets Jim Abeyratne and Podi Nilame Dissanayake was distributed among the guests at Thai Temple flew the Sri Lankan and Buddhist flags at half-mast. The hall was bedecked with flower arrangements, by a society called, Sri Lankan Patriots, who were also responsible for the banners. The funeral ceremony was presided over by Venerable Panditha Ambalantota
Kolitha Maha Thera of the Sarathchandra Buddhist Meditation Centre in North
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