Most Ven Aggamaha Panditha Napane Pemasiri Thero ( si, නාපාන පෙමසිරි ථෙර, Nāpāna Pemasiri Thera) also spelt either as Napane Premasiri Thero or Napane Pemasiri Thero(2 January 1922/1923 – 17 November 2020) was a Sri Lankan
Sinhalese
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Buddhist
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monk
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. 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. He was ordained on 8 July 1933.
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.
On August 16, 2019, Pemasiri and
Koṭugoḍa Dhammāvāsa Thera presided over the union of the
Amarapura
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and
Rāmañña monastic orders, creating the
Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya
The Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya ( si, අමරපුර–රාමඤ්ඤ සාමග්රී මහා සංඝ සභාව, Amarapura–Rāmañña Sāmagrī Mahā Saṁgha Sabhāva) is the larger of the two Buddhist
Buddh ...
; 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.
The funeral ceremony was held at Bandaranaike National school grounds, Kundasale on 22nd November 2020. The funeral proceedings were held with full state honors.
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1920s births
2020 deaths
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