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 was the 12th
Maha Nayaka Mahanayaka (also spelled as Maha Nayaka, Maha Nayake) theros are high-ranking Buddhist monks who oversee and regulate the Buddhist clergy in Theravada Buddhist countries. The title ''Maha Nayaka'' translates to English as 'Great Leader' and it is ...
of
Ramanna Nikaya
''Ramanaa'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, stars Vijayakanth, Ashima Bhalla and Simran in lead roles. The film is about a man named Ramana who decides to abolish corruption compl ...
and the chief incumbent of the Shasanawardhana Pirivena,
Mirigama
Mirigama (also spelled Meerigama) ( si, මීරිගම; ta, மீரிகம) is a town in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It is located from Colombo, and from Negombo.
Mirigama is the hometown of Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister, D. S. Sen ...
. Following his demise, he was succeeded by Most Ven.
Napane Pemasiri Thero
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 ...
as the Maha Nayaka of Ramanna Nikaya.
See also
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Sri Lankan Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism is the largest and official religion of Sri Lanka, practiced by 70.2% of the population as of 2012.
Practitioners of Sri Lankan Buddhism can be found amongst the majority Sinhalese people, Sinhalese population as well as am ...
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1909 births
2012 deaths
Sri Lankan centenarians
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks
20th-century Buddhist monks
21st-century Buddhist monks
Men centenarians
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