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books of history with rare facts hitherto unrevealed,
extracted from Ola leaves of the days of yore, were
handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday May
30, at Temple Trees.
Editor Prof. Gananath
Obeysekera, Head of the Department of Anthropology,
Prinsted University USA, Mr. Bradman Weerakoon, Former
Secretary to the President, co-editors, Ms. Nandana
Weerarathna, Ananda Tissa Kumara and the publisher Mr.
Godage were also among those who participated at the
occasion.
The book titled “Christian
Convention”, authored by Ven. Bentota Aththadassi
Thero written prior to 1849 was observed to be an outstanding
one proceeding the famous “Panadura Vadaya”.
The other four
books belonged to the category of Vanni literature.
The President on receiving these rare books pledged
to initiate action to obtain permission from the British
Government for perusal of our rare books deposited in
the British Museum. He also promised to make necessary
funds available for the preparation of a list of such
important books presently available in our temples.
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