cGALLE: Robbers had stolen two pillars and a stone bed, from Thota Gamuwe Sri Rahula Thera’s Viharaya recently.

Police said that two suspects, Gamini Kusumatillake of Kahawe and Lokugamage Ranjith of Elpitiya were taken into custody.

The police found the stolen items along with the vehicle used to transport the items, hidden in an abandoned house inTotagamuwa.

The present Nayaka Thera Ven. Dulangamuwe Chandrara, had complained to the Elipitiya police regarding the missing pillers and stone bed.

Sadbasha Parameshwere Totagumuwa Sri Ruhula Thera, of the Kotte period used a stone bed in the cave he lived close to the Viharaya.

The late Thera had consumed medicinal tonic just before his demise and as such the Thera’s finger nails and hair grew l even after his demise.

The Portuguese who invaded the coastal belt had taken the Thera’s body to Goa in India in the year 1551, presuming that it was the body of the Portuguese Priest Francis Xavier.

When time passed, the four pillars, the bed and the stone-door frame of the cave were shifted to another Viharaya.