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separatists in the area. Since then any development or conservation activities haven't taken place for this site till defeat of LTTE in 2009. In 2011 a survey was carried out as a pre-requisite of the proposed restoration of the Stupa by a team consisted of 13 archaeologists, funded by the department
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