{"id":151901,"date":"2025-09-11T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=151901"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:26:37","slug":"mahinda-rajapaksa-welcomed-by-large-crowd-at-carlton-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/09\/11\/mahinda-rajapaksa-welcomed-by-large-crowd-at-carlton-house\/","title":{"rendered":"MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA WELCOMED BY LARGE CROWD AT CARLTON HOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/News_Images\/202509\/1757598117_1226806_hirunews.jpg\" alt=\"MAHINDA+RAJAPAKSA+WELCOMED+BY+LARGE+CROWD+AT+CARLTON+HOUSE\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has arrived at his Carlton House residence in Tangalle, where he was greeted by a large crowd of supporters and well-wishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former president arrived at around 5:00 PM this afternoon, after travelling from his Wijerama official residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd, which included Buddhist monks, was so large that he had difficulty entering the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buddhist monks chanted blessings for him, and Venerable Pannarathana of the Tangalle Ran Kothmalu Viharaya and Venerable Dhammawansa of the Dangala Vajiragiri Viharaya delivered special addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the event, former Member of Parliament Sanjeeva Edirimanna gave a vote of thanks, stating that the people gathered had come from their hearts to see their beloved leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0db8\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf \u0dbb\u0dcf\u0da2\u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2 \u0dc0\u0dda\u0daf\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0da2\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbd \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0dba \u0dc4\u0dd0\u0da7\u0dd2 &#039;&#039;\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dca \u0db4\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc3\u0db8\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1.. \u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4 \u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dab\u0dba\u0dd2&#039;&#039;-Hiru News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3MOS53m--18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u0db8\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf \u0dbb\u0dcf\u0da2\u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2 \u0dc0\u0dda\u0daf\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0da2\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbd \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0dba \u0dc4\u0dd0\u0da7\u0dd2 &#8221;\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dca \u0db4\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc3\u0db8\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1.. \u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4 \u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dab\u0dba\u0dd2&#8221;-Hiru News<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has arrived at his Carlton House residence in Tangalle, where he was greeted by a large crowd of supporters and well-wishers. The former president arrived at around 5:00 PM this afternoon, after travelling from his Wijerama official residence. The crowd, which included Buddhist monks, was so large that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151902,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151901\/revisions\/151902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}