A branch of the Sri Jinaratana Vocational Training Institute complex at the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya was opened at Seenigama, Hikkaduwa by President Maithripala Sirisena in the presence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday. It was renovated and refurnished by the Sri Lanka Navy under its community service programme to mark the 50th anniversary of Gangarama Viharadhipati Ven.Galaboda Gnanissara Thera’s Monk hood. Ven. Eso Nagathe Nayaka Thera of the Saimoji Viharaya in Japan, Ven. Kirinde Assaji Thera, Ven. Akuretiye Nanda Thera, Petroleum Resources Minister Chandima Weerakkody, Southern Province Chief Minister Shan Wijeyalal de Silva and Navy Commander Vice Admiral R. C. Wijegunaratne were also present on the occasion. Picture by Wimal Karunatilleke