Most Ven. Aggamaha Panditha Kotugoda Dhammawasa Mahanayake Thera Passes Away

Most Venerable Aggamaha Panditha Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thera, the Mahanayake of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya passed away yesterday (22) morning at the age of 88 while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo.

The Most Venerable Aggamaha Panditha Maha Nayake Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thera was born on January 23, 1933 in the village of Kotugoda, Minuwangoda and was ordained in 1948.

The cremation will be held with full state honours on Thursday, March 25 at 4.00 pm at Independence Square, Colombo, on the instructions of the President, the Department of Buddhist Affairs and the Prime Minister’s Office, Colombo Government Agent District Secretary Pradeep Priyankara Yasaratne said.

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