The Sri Lankan army has banned Saiva devotional songs produced by a well- known poet Puthuvai Ratnathurai from being played at Temples in Batticaloa, reported Tamilnet.
The whereabouts of the poet remain unknown after he was taken into military custody during the final stages of the 2009 onslaught.
Saiva devotees in the area were warned that they would face the same consequences as the Weliweriya demonstrators if they chose to protest the decision.
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