Sri Lanka, Oct. 22 -- Ven. Akurasse Siri Dhammavimala Thero was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the passing away of Most Ven. Keppetiyagoda Sirivimalabhidhana Nayaka Thero, the Chief Prelate of Rajopavanaramaya in Gatambe, Peradeniya, and Anunayaka of Sri Lanka Ramanya Maha Nikaya.

The appointment was made by the Kandy South Regional Sangha Sabha of Sri Lanka Ramanya Maha Nikaya and the assembled Maha Sangha, who gathered at Rajopavanaramaya on the night of the cremation ceremony.

Born in Akurassa, Matara in 1991, he entered the priesthood in 2002 at Ranmuthugala Maha Viharaya in Kadawatha under the co-tutelage of Ven. Seelagama Vimala Thero and Ven. Berathuduwe Nyanavisuddhi Thero, Chief Incumbent of Galle Weliwatta Vijayanand...