Colombo, Dec. 17 -- Chief Sanghanayake of the United States Most Ven Walpola Piyananda Thera has been appointed Presidential Advisor on International Religious Affairs.

The Thera received the appointment from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

The Thera is the founder and abbot of the Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles, California, one of the first Buddhist temples in the US.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Asian Tribune....