Most Ven Aggamaha Panditha Napane Pemasiri Thero ( Sinhala : ????? ??????? ??? , romanized:  N?p?na Pemasiri Thera ) also spelt either as Napane Premasiri Thero or Napane Pemasiri Thero ^[1] (2 January 1922/1923 ? 17 November 2020) was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhist monk . He served as the 13th head of the Ramanna Nikaya since September 2012 and also served as the chief incumbent of Menikhinna Hurikaduwa Vidyasagara Privena. ^[2] He was ordained on 8 July 1933. ^[3]

On 3 September 2012, he was appointed as the 13th Maha Nayaka of the Ramanna Nikaya succeeding Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero who died in August 2012. ^{[4] [5] [6]} On August 16, 2019, Pemasiri and Ko?ugo?a Dhamm?v?sa Thera presided over the union of the Amarapura and R?manna monastic orders, creating the Amarapura?R?manna Nik?ya ; both monks jointly headed the new order. Napane Pemasiri Thero died on 17 November 2020 at the age of 98 while receiving treatment at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital. ^{[7] [6] [8]} The funeral ceremony was held at Bandaranaike National school grounds, Kundasale on 22 November 2020. The funeral proceedings were held with full state honors. ^[9]

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