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Government says mosque lies in area sacred to Buddhism and most be removed.

Sri Lanka authorities are sensitive to insults to Buddhism, the religion of the island's majority ethnic Sinhalese.

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks offer special prayers to bless the national cricket team at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on April 1, 2011.

Ishara S. KODIKAR

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