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

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. He served as the 13th head of the

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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

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of the

succeeding

Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero The Most Venerable Wewaldeniye Medhalankara Thero ( si, අතිපූජ්‍යය වේවැල්දෙණියේ මේධාලංකාර මහා ථේර) (7 December 1909 – 30 August 2012) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who ...

who died in August 2012. On August 16, 2019, Pemasiri and Koṭugoḍa Dhammāvāsa Thera presided over the union of the

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and Rāmañña monastic orders, creating the

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; 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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