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Lanka wants Hollywood Buddha film banned
Sri Lanka is to request the United States to ban the upcoming film Hollywood Buddha which is seen as an insult to Buddhism. Cultural Affairs and National Heritage Vijitha Herath said he would ask the Foreign Ministry to take up the matter with the United States government and seek a ban.

His outburst came in parliament on Thursday amidst growing protests by Mahanayake Theras and Buddhist groups after film posters showed Director Philippe Caland sitting on the head of a Buddha statue. Thailand had protested against this poster and the director has apologised.

The Mahanayake of the Asgiriya and Malwatte chapters have written to President Chandrika Kumaratunga, requesting the government to take up the matter with the United States.

The Jathika Sanga Sammelanayla will hold a demonstration outside the US embassy in Colombo tomorrow to protest against the film. Yesterday, the Jathika Bodhu Urumaya held a protest rally outside the embassy.

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