Sri Lanka Temple Tackles Reconciliation Amid Fresh Fears of Fighting

World  |  Agence France-Presse  | Updated: May 04, 2014 

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In this photograph taken on March 7, 2014 the Sri Subramaniam temple is pictured in the southern town of Matara.

Matara:   At a Temple in the Heart of Sri Lanka's Sinhalese South, an attempt is underway at Unusual Reconciliation after decades of ethnic bloodshed, even Fresh As the Government warns of fighting.

Inside the white-washed temple, Hindu priests watch over metres-high statues of an estranged couple brought together to lift an age-old curse many blame for Sri Lanka's conflict that claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Sri Lanka Reconciliation Temple Tackles Amid Fears of Fresh Fighting by Mahendra Thavam