The construction work of the Sandahiru Seya commenced in the year 2010 and the completion ceremony of the Chudamanikya will be held today (08).
Retired Secretary of Defense Major General Kamal Gunaratne stated that he will be handed over to the Maha Sangha on the 18th to pay homage to the Buddhists.
The 283 – foot – high Sandahiru Seya was erected to commemorate the end of the Thirty Years War and to pay homage to the war heroes who sacrificed their lives for it.