Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- The Most Venerable Dr. Ittapane Dhammalankara Thera, Mahanayake of the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha of the Siam Nikaya, has sent a letter to the Commissioner General of Prisons requesting that necessary facilities be provided to allow incarcerated Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera to be re-robed.

In the letter, the Mahanayake Thera has stated that the process of re-robbing Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera must be carried out in accordance with Buddhist Dhamma and Vinaya (monastic discipline). He has therefore requested that a date and time be arranged for the ceremony as soon as possible.

The Mahanayake Thera further requested that the necessary arrangements be made for a delegation of ten members of th...