Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devale Basnayake Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dhala Bandara is interviewed by Patrick Harrigan.(Colombo: The Sunday Observer of Sunday, 10 August 2003)
In 2000 His Holiness Jagatguru Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Sri Jayendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal, appointed a distinguished North Indian Dasanami sannyasin
M.H.A. Gaffar of Galle has been the Sole Trustee of the Kataragama Mosque & Shrine Authority since 1983. A successful businessman and philanthropist serving the Muslim community throughout the Southern
Ven. Dr. Aluthwewa Soratha Thero, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Jayawardenapura University, 1987), is the chief incumbent of Kataragama Kirivehera Raja Maha Viharaya.
During the Esala festival period, Kataragama is a spiritual convention ground where one can meet and talk to swamis, faqirs and charismatic of every religious hue and persuasion.
For centuries Sri Lankans of all communities have responded to a mysterious ‘call' that summons devotees to the Kataragama jungle shrine. Foreigners also from India and even central Asia have been known to answer