Mass meditation in Colombo for Peace Day
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 13:03 GMT]
Hundreds of Buddhist monks and other religious leaders participated in a peace meditation to mark Universal Peace Day on the Bandarnaike Memorial
International Conference Hall (BMICH) grounds in Colombo Tuesday.
The meditation was organized by Sarvodaya and other civil society groups.
 Thousands of men, women and children
clad in white took part in the meditation, called "Ahimsa Samadhi." The crowds stayed through the heavy rain during the meditation. Leaders of all political parties including
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe, United National Front Deputy
Leader Karu Jayasuriya, NUA leader Ferial
Ashraff and United People Freedom of Alliance Deputy
Defence Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayke
also attended.
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