Monks defy court order as protest over A’pura development plan intensifies

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A group of Buddhist monks and laypeople continued their Satyagraha near Ruwanweli Maha Seya, in Anuradhapura, yesterday, defying a court order to vacate the sacred area, as controversy intensified over the proposed Anuradhapura Sacred Area.
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- —A group of Buddhist monks and laypeople continued their Satyagraha near Ruwanweli Maha Seya, in Anuradhapura, yesterday, defying a court order to vacate the sacred area, as controversy intensified over the proposed Anuradhapura Sacred Area Development Plan.
- —The protest, led by Ven.
- —Balangoda Kassapa Thera, began on Friday (November 07) demanding the withdrawal of a [].
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