TamilNet: 31.01.98 Day of mourning in Kandy

Day of mourning in Kandy

Shops were closed this morning in the hill city of Kandy to mark a day of mourning for the destruction caused to the Dalada Maligawa - the Temple of the Tooth by a powerful lorry bomb.

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