Sri Lanka, June 8 -- Venerable Mapalagama Buddhasiri Thero, Chief Incumbent of the Weherahena Rajamaha Viharaya in Matara has been conferred the title of Deputy Chief Sanghanayaka of Southern Sri Lanka.

The veneration ceremony marking the conferral of the title of Deputy Chief Sanghanayaka of Southern Sri Lanka to Venerable Mapalagama Buddhasiri Thero, the Chief Incumbent of the Weherahena Rajamaha Viharaya in Matara, was held today (08) at Ananda College, Colombo, with the participation of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, the Office of the Prime Minister said.

Addressing the event, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated:

We are pleased by the conferral of the Deputy Chief Sanghanayaka of Southern Sri Lanka to Venerable Map...