3. General objects of the Corporation

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

to promote peace through the development of harmony among races and individuals;

to encourage the followers of Buddhist faith to secure the environment and develop the society;

to steer an individual centered society development process and specially direct the Buddhist community to minimize the problems faced by children of the Buddhist faith;

to provide for the protection, maintenance and development of the temple;

to provide the resident Bhikkus with security, meals and their daily needs;

to organize religious activities in the temple premises;

to lead the Buddhists both young and old to a religious way of life based on Buddhist ethics and the observance of the five precepts;

to establish and maintain a Daham School, conduct examinations, organize competitions and to provide equipments required by the Daham school;

to establish and maintain a hospital in order to treat devotees who face emergencies in the Sri Pada area with the approval of the relevant authorities;

to assist in fulfilling the educational activities and training requirements of the Bhikkus ordained in the temple;

to organize religious activities, sermons, and religious conferences for the sustenance of

to organize processions, meritorious activities, alms giving ceremonies, and other voluntary activities for the development of the temple and the area around it based on Buddhist principles.