The newly appointed Mahanayake of the Asgiriya Chapter of the Siyam Nikaya the Most Ven. Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera was offered Sannas Pathra by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during a state ceremony at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy on Monday.

 

During the ceremony Sannaspathra were also offered to the two new Anunayakas of the Asgiriya Chapter Ven. Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero, Chief Incumbent of Badulla Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara and Ven. Vendaruwe Upali Thero, Polonnaruwa Solosmasthanadhipathi.