Napane Pemasiri Thero

Most Ven Aggamaha Panditha Napane Pemasiri Thero (Sinhala: නාපාන පෙමසිරි ථෙර, romanized: Nāpāna Pemasiri Thera) also spelt either as Napane Premasiri Thero or Napane Pemasiri Thero[1](2 January 1922/1923 – 17 November 2020) was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhist monk. He served as the 13th head of the Ramanna Nikaya since September 2012 and also served as the chief incumbent of Menikhinna Hurikaduwa Vidyasagara Privena.[2] He was ordained on 8 July 1933.[3]

Ven.
Napane Pemasiri Thero
TitleChief incumbent of the Menikhinna Hurikaduwa Vidyasagara Privena
Personal
Born2 January 1922
Died17 November 2020(2020-11-17) (aged 98)
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolTheravada
LineageAmarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya
Dharma namesMost Ven Aggamaha Panditha Napane Pemasiri Thero

On 3 September 2012, he was appointed as the 13th Maha Nayaka of the Ramanna Nikaya succeeding Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero who died in August 2012.[4][5][6] On August 16, 2019, Pemasiri and Koṭugoḍa Dhammāvāsa Thera presided over the union of the Amarapura and Rāmañña monastic orders, creating the Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya; both monks jointly headed the new order. Napane Pemasiri Thero died on 17 November 2020 at the age of 98 while receiving treatment at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital.[7][6][8] The funeral ceremony was held at Bandaranaike National school grounds, Kundasale on 22 November 2020. The funeral proceedings were held with full state honors.[9]

References
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