Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa paid his last respects to the remains of Ramanna Maha Nikaya Most Ven. Aggramaha Panditha Napane Premasiri Thera at the Hurikaduwa Vidyasagara Piriven Mula Viharaya yesterday.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa paid his last respects to the remains of Ramanna Maha Nikaya Most Ven Aggamaha Panditha Napane Pemasiri Thera yesterday.
The Prime Minister stated that the late Mahnayake Thera rendered an invaluable service for the uplift of the Buddha Sasana.
He also met the newly appointed Mahanayake of the Sri Lanka Ramannaya Maha Chapter and Chief Incumbent of Vidyawasa Pirivena, Minioluwa in Mirigama Most Venerable Makulawe Wimala Thera.
State Ministers Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Lohan Ratwatte, former Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake, Secretary to the Buddhasasana Religious and Cultural Affairs Ministry Prof. Kapila Gunawardena and Buddhist Affairs Commissioner General Sunanda Kariyapperuma were also present.
