Ruhunu Kataragama Devalaya Basnayake Nilame established a link with Tirupathi Kovil Authorities to strike a deal. Accordingly, Basnayake Nilame was trying to give 30 acres of Kataragama land to Tirupathi Kovil to establish a branch in Srilanka. On learning this, villagers gathered at sacred Kataragama Devalaya premises and registered their protest yesterday.
