Statue of late Mahanayake Thera to be installed

A statue of late Ven. Agga Maha Panditha Madihe Pannasiha Mahanayake Thera of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Sangha Sabha will be brought from Matara to be installed at the Vajiraramaya Bambalapitiya shortly.

The motorcade conveying the statue will leave Matara on September 2 and arrive at the Vajiraramaya on September 4 via Dehiwala and Maharagama and will stop over along the way at various locations to enable devotees to pay homage to the statue, said the Sri Lanka Amarapura Nikayabhivurdhi Dayaka Sabha in a press release issued yesterday.

The locations are September 2 at 2 p.m. - Matara Bodhi premises followed by Matara St. Thomas' College, Pamburana Valukaramaya, Walgama Bodhirukkharamaya, Kamburugamuwa Subhadraramaya, Weligama (UC) Town Hall, Ahangama Goviyapana, Habaraduwa Talpe Welletota Sudharmaramaya and Makandugoda Neegrodharamaya. September 3 at 9 a.m. - Galle Town Hall and 7 p.m. - Kalutara Bodhi. September 4, 7.15 a.m. start off from Kalutara Bodhi and 8.15 a.m. - Wadduwa Mahindaramaya, 9 a.m. - Panadura Gunanada Statue premises, 9.30 a.m. - Panadura Samadhi Statue premises, 10.15 a.m. - Rawatawatta Meditation Centre, 11 a.m. - Maliban Junction, 1 p.m. - Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya, 2 p.m. - Maharagama Dharmayatanaya and 4 p.m. - Bambalapitiya Vajiraramaya.