K.D. Devapriya

No lights on Kataragama roads

Many streets in the Kataragama sacred city have no lights and this poses a risk of theft to pilgrims and visitors, both local and foreign. Kataragama Hospital Road, the road leading to the city’s...

Kataragama PS Chairman, Deputy clash over Budget

A fight had ensued between the Kataragama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Chanaka Amil Rangana and Deputy Chairman D.V. Shanka at a hotel in Kataragama at around 7.00 pm on...
COVID-19: Kataragama residents face dire situation

Kataragama residents, whose livelihoods depended solely on pilgrims and tourists, have been severely inconvenienced by the pandemic as they have no other means to earn money...
COVID-19 pandemic affects Kataragama pilgrim season

The people of Kataragama and a number of surrounding areas who depend only on the arrival of pilgrims are suffering from a severe economic crisis due to the prevailing COVID-...
Record number of pilgrims to Kataragama after Expressway extension

The number of pilgrims to Kataragama has increased considerably now since they can arrive in Kataragama easily along the Southern Expressway after it was extended to...