Sri Muthumari Amman Temple at grandpass Colombo was attacked by a Buddhist monk and a group of Sinhala thugs who came with him at 2.00am. The Police and the Sri Lankan Army attended the scene only after the damages were completed.

As the area is under 24 hour surveillance of the military the public believe that the Police and the Army deliberately stayed away from the scene until maximum damage is done. Most of the Police and Army are Buddhist and 99.9% are Sinhalese.

It has also come to light that the monk is a close friend of a leading government politician. Due to his link with the government politician not only the Police but even the Government Press is being informed by the government officers not to report about the incident on the press.

Up to now NONE of the leading Sri Lankan papers have reported the racist attack by the Buddhist monk on the Hindu Temple. `Buddhists` in South - encouraged by the government itself - invariably monger war which had Killed more than 80,000 Tamils (mostly Hindu`s).

The destruction of Hindu temples is only one aspect of the Sri Lanka`s cultural genocide. THERE ARE MANY OTHER METHODS:

such as arrest of Hindu priests, removing their sacred thread, beating them up, or humiliating them by keeping them incarcerated as Tiger suspects

firing shells on the devotees gathering at the temple on festival days so that no festival can be conducted

arresting and detaining devotees on their way to temples especially during festival seasons

desecrating the temples and prayer hall of Ramakrishna Mission by the police entering with their boots on

not appointing teachers who could teach Hinduism in the schools while at the same time appointing teachers of other denominations to teach religious studies other than Hinduism to Hindu students
appointing Sinhala Buddhist teachers in the places of Tamil Hindu teachers thus forcing students to follow their studies in Sinhala medium and to study Buddhism

indiscriminate bombing and strafing from naval gun boats
artillery shelling on the Deepavali Festival day and other festive days

`discovering` ruins of Buddhist temples in the Tamil homeland by Sinhala Buddhist Ministers and Buddhist archaeologists working for the Sri Lankan Government`s Archaeological Department
forcibly removing Tamil residents in their thousands to refugee camps and settling Sinhala Buddhists in their place offering armed protection and new amenities including new Buddhist temples and Buddhist monks

erecting Buddha statues in prominent places in the `Emil homeland creating Sinhala Buddhist settlements in the lands belonging to Hindu temples

converting Hindus as Buddhists by enticing them with the offer of economic advantages implementing permanent birth control methods among Hindus living in plantation areas destroying schools, libraries and community centres

killing experts in herbal medicine, art and culture, in particular folk drama and art.