Taking off their shirts and wearing traditional white veshtis, the bare-chested men, carrying trays laden with fruit and puja offerings, entered the temple. Nothing unusual because that’s the practice at the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil, a temple near Jaffna in Sri Lanka. But the man who dressed as a devotee and led the others into the […]
China has been forced to cancel a solar power project in Sri Lanka.
Reports say there was pressure from India, others say the local population rejected it. China however has reacted with a publicity campaign.
The Chinese ambassador Qi Zenhong toured Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka as he visited a library and met some fishermen. He even went bare-chested for a temple run.