In a matter of days, the Mahinda Rajapaksa-led authorities of Sri Lanka has indicated that India is the one good friend of the island nation. In a bid to keep up wholesome and peaceable relations between the 2 nations, the island nation has introduced India with a shila from Ashok Vatika, for the Ram mandir in Ayodhya.Sri Lanka’s current for Ram mandir in Ayodhya:Milinda Moragoda, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, along with his delegation, arrived on the Ram janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, on thursday. He introduced a shila (sacred stone) from Sri Lanka’s Ashok Vatika, for the Ram mandir.Also learn: Ram Mandir development would be the largest cultural victory for Hindus until date and it’s simply the startThe High Commissioner, alongside along with his spouse Jennifer Moragoda, Deputy High Commissioner Niluka Kadurugamuwa, Minister H G U Pushpkumara and Counsellor G Okay G Sarath Godakanda, visited the the Ram janmabhoomi to hunt blessings from Ram Lalla.Earlier this yr, the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka had tweeted to tell that the island nation had supplied a stone from Sita Eliya (Ashok Vatika) to strengthen its ties with India by contributing to the development of the Ram mandir in Ayodhya.“A stone from Sita Eliya in Sri Lanka for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be a pillar of strength for India-Sri Lanka ties. This stone was received at the Mayurapathi Amman Temple by HC-designate of Sri Lanka to India HE Mr. Milinda Moragoda in presence of the High Commissioner,” the tweet learn.Sri Lanka’s efforts to strengthen its bond with India:Earlier this month, Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister Namal Rajapaksa had additionally introduced a Sinhala model of Bhagavad Gita, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had said, “When Minister Namal Rajapaksa met our PM, he presented to him a copy of Bhagavad Gita in Sinhala language, in which his father Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa has written a personal message to our PM”.Also learn: Reclamation of Hindu Temples is a crucial historic course correctionRajapaksa, whereas talking at an occasion, had confirmed his gratitude in the direction of PM Modi for strengthening the bilateral ties. He mentioned, “It gives me great pleasure and honour to be on the inaugural international flight to Kushinagar on the auspicious day of Vap Poya Day. I recall it was Indian PM Modi who suggested to the Sri Lankan Prime Minister during the Virtual Bilateral Summit with Sri Lanka in September 2020, that 100 members of Buddhist clergy must join for the inaugural flight to Kushinagar operated by Sri Lankan airlines. It’s an honour we will cherish for years to come”.Sri Lanka, with these steps of gifting the dear shila and Bhagavad Gita to India, has begun sending out robust indicators of aligning with India to keep up its agency ties with the nation. These developments are certain to irk China drastically, because the communist nation beneath Xi Jinping has been attempting its finest to increase it sphere of affect in Sri Lanka.