Sri Lanka, Sept. 27 -- The cremation ceremony of the Venerable Thero who tragically died in a cable car accident at the Melsiripura Na Uyana Aranya Senasana in Kurunegala is being held today (27).

The bodies of four Venerables were brought to the Aranya Senasana yesterday (26), and arrangements are underway to return the remains of the foreign Venerable Thero who died in the accident to his homeland.

The Melsiripura Nauyana Aranya Senasana, spanning approximately 5,000 acres, is one of the oldest meditation monasteries in Sri Lanka. The site consists of five main areas, with meditation huts situated on the hills about 300 meters from the base.

Although there is a staircase leading to the mountaintop meditation huts, the Venerable Thero...