This was revealed by an answer tabled in Parliament yesterday. According to the answer there are 470 Tamil Buddhists in the North.

The answer was tabled by Chief Government Whip and Mass Media and Parliamentary Reforms Minister Gayantha Karunatilleke, in response to an oral question raised by UNP MP Buddhika Pathirana in the House last morning.

According to the answer, these facts have been revealed in the census carried out by the Census and Statistics Department in 2012.

It was also revealed that there had been a Tamil Buddhist Damma School until 2013 in the North. Eighty students have been studying in the school. The answer revealed that arrangements were being made to recommence the Dhamma School.