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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 16895194" data-attributes="member: 79514">Kandy is special to  Sri Lanka and the Sinhale Buddhists in many ways. It is where the sacred Tooth  relic of Buddha is enshrined and a place of daily homage. The sanctity of Kandy  and the entire Sinhale nation was preserved under Sinhale Buddhist kings. Animal  slaughter was banned by all of Sri Lanka’ pre-colonial rulers by royal decree  while Buddhism was State religion ever since Buddhism was brought to Sri Lanka  by royal invitation and given royal patronage. No Government can take away that  truth or play down that truth with political correctness or for political votes.  Killing animals for food started with the arrival of the Portuguese and was  legalized in 1815 by the British. Today, scores of meat stalls prevail in and  around Kandy and they all sell beef but they do not sell pork. What does that  show of who influences what is sold and eaten in Kandy and questions what the  authorities in particular those tasked to and expected to preserve the Buddhist  identity of Kandy is doing.   Kandy is referred to  as the cultural capital. It is featured as a UNESCO heritage site. It was known  originally as Senkadagalapura. Sri Lanka’s Buddhist space and Buddhist identity  is getting diminished raising concerns of the outcome unless addressed.  Political correctness has only left politicians rich and ready to compromise  Buddhist space that does not belong to them and after doing the damage  unashamedly reach out for Buddhist votes as well.   The situation is no  different in Anuradhapura. The sacred city of Anuradhapura not only has meat  stalls but scores of taverns selling liquor as well. In fact going round Kandy,  one can easily count the liquor stalls.  </blockquote>

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