Buddhist Monks At Go Gota Protests

With Buddhist monks joining the protests against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa -- who have long counted on the support of the Buddhist clergy -- the daily demonstrations against Rajapaksa rule have taken a new turn.
Please click on the images for glimpses of the protests:

IMAGE: Buddhist monks take part in a protest against Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa outside the presidential secretariat in Colombo. All Photographs: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

IMAGE: Buddhist monk Theripaha Siridhamma seen during his hunger strike.

IMAGE: A demonstrator with a Gotabaya mask during the protest.

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com

 

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