Efforts to promote inter-religious harmony hailed

by Our Correspondent

Swami Dayananda Saraswathi, a Hindu dignitary from India, praised the Government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the initiatives taken to promote inter-religious harmony in Sri Lanka.

A group of leading Hindu dignitaries from India were in Colombo to take part in a symposium organised by the Maha Bodhi Society of Sri Lanka.

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne presided over the event.

Swami Dayananda Saraswathi addressing the symposium said that he admired the manner in which the Lankan Government maintained inter-religious harmony.

He was full of praise for the Lankan Government for its role in rebuilding the Hindu temples affected in the North and East.

Swami Dayananda Saraswathi also pointed out that religious harmony will be improved between the two countries as a model for the whole world.

The Hindu Religious Summit was organised by the initiation of Ven. Banagala Upathissa Thera who is the Head of the Maha Bodhi Association.

The Prime Minister said that it was important to strengthen religious harmony between India and Sri Lanka and pointed out the importance of the summit in this regard.