Swami Laxamananda death anniversary : High security in Kandhamal due to VHP programme 23rd August 2016 08:17 PM PHULBANI : The communally sensitive Kandhamal district was today put under high security blanket as the members of the VHP assembled there to observe the death anniversary of Swami Laxamananda Saraswati , whose killing had sparked a large scale riot in the area in 2008 .