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It was one year ago yesterday that Sri Lanka’s highly respected Buddhist monk, the Venerable Galboda Gnanissara Thero, passed away. To mark the first death anniversary of the Ven. Thera, fondly addressed as ‘Podi Hamuduruwo,’ religious observations were held at Colombo’s Gangaramaya Temple. As its chief incumbent, he had carried out several socio-economic programmes on poverty alleviation and youth empowerment from there. A large number of devotees attended the event. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

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