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Lucien Rajakarunanayake
We are clearly in an era of Twists and Turns, with Kali Amma projected as the power against the Covid-19 pandemic.
What happened at the Sri Maha Bodhi earlier this week showed a very clear Kali Kovil Twist. The kapuva who made this pandemic syrup wanted to offer it to the Sri Maha Bodhi. The monk who led his team to the site of the sacred and hugely worshipped tree, did not let him climb right up to it. He had to make the syrup offering at the lower level, with very good reason, no doubt.
When his turn came back at the temple, the kapuva or is he a kapu-raala, had his say to the Mahanayake Thera of the temple. He angrily wanted to know why he was not allowed to go right up to the Sri Maha Bodhi. He stressed the role of Kali in his syrup task, and even went on to talk of ‘Kali Ammage…’- when the media was cut out.
What a great nation we are!
We have a Cabinet Minister – the one in charge of health – offering to sacrifice herself to the sea, to save this country from the Covid pandemic. Shouldn’t we feel safe?
Is she in fact offering to make this self-sacrifice to atone for the overall failure of the government, with the power of 20A too, to control this virus spread? Let’s keep that for its 145 plus members to decide.
Does this Pavithra from Sabaragamuwa, with an Aratchi heritage from the Vanniya, have hopes of being our next Vihara Maha Devi? Does she know that the daughter of King Kelanitissa, made her sacrifice for her father burning an innocent monk in a cauldron of oil?