Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Sri Lanka trip incomplete without a visit to Kandy

By Sumegha Agarwal, RxPG News Service, Dehradun, Nov 28 - Inviting Indian tourists to visit his country, the mayor of Sri Lanka's second biggest city Kandy says, 'If you don't visit Kandy, your trip to Sri Lanka is incomplete'.Loku Banda Aluvihare, the proud mayor of 'his beautiful Kandy' said: 'No person coming to Sri Lanka goes back without visiting Kandy.'Aluvihare, a veteran politician belonging to United National Party -, comes from a family of politicians and is fondly referred to as 'Nagarpita' - by his colleagues attending the 1st Asian Mayors' Conference in Dehradun.All groups live peacefully with each other in Kandy, a world heritage site, which is not directly affected by the ongoing ethnic conflict in country's northeast, Aluvihare told IANS. More >>

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