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Chief Incumbent of the eight temples including the historical Sithulpawwa Rajamaha Vihara and Adhikarana Sanghanayake of the Southern Province, Most Ven. Metaramba Hemarathana Thera passed away on Friday, while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo. The Ven. Thera was 83 years old.
Born in Agangollawatta in Metaramba, he received his education at Malcom College, Yatagala and was ordained in 1956 under the tutelage of then Chief Incumbent of Yatagala Rajamaha Viharaya, Ven. Illukpitiye Jinarathana Thera. Thousands of devotees are coming from all parts of the country to pay their last respects to the Ven. Thera at Galle.
(Picture by Sulochana Gamage)
