Asgiriya prelate receives Aggamaha Panditha title today

KANDY: The Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakhita Mahanayaka Thera of the Asgiriya chapter whose 78th birth anniversary falls today will receive the Agga Maha Pandihta title conferred by the Myanmar Government at a ceremony at the Pallekelle International Buddhist Centre at 2 p.m. today.

The Ven. Mahanayaka will be conducted to the Pallekelle Buddhist Centre in a colourful motorcade starting off from the Sri Dalada Maligawa premises at 1.30 p.m. He will be received near the Pallekelle Pandal and conducted in procession to the Buddhist Centre auditorium.

The Myanmar Ambassador is due to confer the Agga Maha Panditha title on the Mahanayaka Thera at the ceremony. Maha Sangha of the three Nikayas, Religious Affairs Minister Pandu Bandaranayake, Central Province Governor Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake, Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara and Buddhist Affairs Commissioner H.W.D. Sunil will also be present on the occasion.