 He had to walk the 14 miles to Seruvila and trekked four miles of thick jungle before arriving at a place strewn with ruins.He soon undertook the task of restoration with the patronage of a few Southern Sinhala Buddhist traders in Trincomalee, Mudliyar D. D. Weerasinghe and the Archeological Department.In 1931, the stupa was opened to the public veneration.