It is reported that the head of Sri Padasthan Viharaya Bengamuwe Dhammadinna Thero said that laws should be made to stop doing Siripa Karuna to local devotees during off-season.
He points out that some people who do charity during the off season damage its property and animals.
“Wild animals have become unable to enter that province due to the invasion of these people from Aware. And it decreased like every other animal. Ambalam was rebuilt after 40 to 50 years with the intervention of these district offices with great difficulty. They were also destroyed in Bohodura. People who go do not go up. The pilgrims did not go up. The toilets were demolished. The plumbing facilities were destroyed and set on fire. Not the pilgrims. Only the people who said they were going that weekend. There is no man who came up. That must be stopped. If these people are going, I suggest that it is better if only someone who has obtained permission from the District Governor’s office and written permission from the police should be allowed to enter Udaha through that hand.”
But he says that foreign tourists should not be disturbed
