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Maha Bodhi Society mourns Mukherjee’s death
View(s):The Maha Bodhi Society of India has expressed its condolences on the passing away of India’s former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday, August 31.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa signing the condolence book at India House, on Wednesday
The society in a statement issued from Kolkata said the late President was a well-wisher of the Society and had visited its headquarters Sri Dharmarajika Chaithya Vihara in Kolkata and the Mulagananda Kuti Vihara at Sarnath during his tenure as President of India and Finance Minister of the Union Cabinet.
The statement added that Anagarika Dharmapala, the founder of the Society, was honoured by the issuance of a postal stamp in 2014 at a ceremony at Rashtrapati bhavan, when the late Shri Mukherjee was President.
“The demise of the former President of India is a great loss to the country, The Mahabodhi Society also lost a great well-wisher,” the statement added.
Shri Mukherjee was a former Minister of External Affairs of India and visited Sri Lanka several times during this period.