Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs, J.J. Rathnasiri, has announced that the Sri Lankan Government had decided to declare March 13, 2016, as a national day of mourning in Sri Lanka in view of the funeral on that day of the Mahanayake of the Asgiriya Chapter, Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera. [full story]