The Final Rites of the Most Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero who passed away in Singapore on Last Sunday are due to be performed this evening at Parliamentary Grounds in Kotte(In Colombo) this evening.The casket which carried the Body of Late Thero has now left from Kotte Naga Viharaya(Temple) and it's on the way to Parliamentary Grounds where the funeral is scheduled to be held with full state honours.
The Government has declared today(12) as a day of National Mourning and Cinema Halls and Meat Stalls in the country too ordered to be closed today as a respect for Late Sobitha Thero.The Government Schools in Kotte Urban Council Area and all Piriven Schools in the Country too closed down today as a mark of respect for the Sobitha Thero.
Venerable Sobitha Thero has passed away while receiving treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hopsital in Singapore on last sunday at the age of 73.
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