in 2013 , a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk , on a study tour at the Big Temple in Thanjavur , was assaulted by a few individuals beloning to Tamils organizations Naam Tamilar Katchi and the Thamizh Desiya Podhuvudamai Katchi , which were supporters of LTTE . Eleven persons were arrested by the police . During the Sri Lankan Civil War , Buddhists were the victims of many terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , which was made up of mostly Hindus but consisted of Christians too . During this period , the pinnacle of Buddhists ; the Temple of the Tooth , where the sacred tooth relic of the Lord Buddha is kept and worshiped was attacked by the LTTE . 17 including a 2-year old infant were killed in the incident.In the Anuradhapura massacre , LTTE cadres drove to the Sri Maha Bodhi shrine and gunned down nuns , monks and civilians as they were worshipping inside the Buddhist shrine . 146 Sinhalese men , women and children were killed in Anuradhapura . The Aranthalawa Massacre was the killing of 33 Buddhist monks and four civilians by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam . The sacred Bo tree that relates to the Acetic tree , under which the Buddha attained Buddhahood was also attacked by the said terrorist group , killing around three hundred pilgrims
Anuradhapura massacre
Anuradhapura massacre
Persecution of Buddhists