Supreme Sangha Council of Kotte elects new General Secretary
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Venerable Professor Kotapitiye Rahula Thera has been elected as the General Secretary of the Supreme Sangha Council of Kotte Chapter of Siam Maha Nikaya recently.
Venerable Rahula is a Professor of the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya. He is also the Chief Incumbent of Bodhi Raja Maha Viharaya, Thalpitiya, Wadduwa. He has been unanimously appointed to this prestigious post on the decision of the Supreme Sangha Council in consideration of his services as the Senior Member of the Supreme Sangha Council, and also the Secretary of Higher Ordination.
Venerable Rahula Thera, an erudite member of the Sangha, did his higher studies at the University of Peradeniya and the University of London.
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