President Ranil Wickremesinghe .handed over credentials for the positions of Chief Sangha Nayaka to the Uva-Wellassa & Colombo and the noble “Upadhyaya” to the Ratmalana Vihara sector in Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha of the Siam Maha Nikaya, to Ven. Maharagama Nanda Nayaka Thera, who currently serves as the Chief Incumbent of five temples, including the Walukaramaya Colpetty at a ceremony held at the Isipathanarama Viharaya, Maharagama this (29) morning.
The formal scroll memorandum was presented by the Maha Nayaka Thera of the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha of the Siam Maha Nikaya, Most Venerable Iththepane Dhammalankara Maha Nayaka Thera, while the “Vijinipatha” was presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. During the ceremony, Ven. (Dr.) Niyangoda Vijithasiri Nayaka Thera, Anunayaka of the Malwathu Chapter of Siam Maha Nikaya, delivered a special exhortation.