Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera (11 January 1922 – 9 March 2016) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who served as the 21st Mahanayaka of the Asgiriya Chapter of Siyam Nikaya. He was appointed on 8 May 2015 following the death of Chief Prelate Most Venerable Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero on 8 April 2015.

The Venerable Thera died aged 94 while receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Kandy Hospital. He was hospitalized while in an unconscious state after a fall.

Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera

See also

Siyam Nikaya

Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy

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An esteemed personality

1922 births

2016 deaths

Theravada Buddhist monks

Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhists

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks

Accidental deaths from falls

Accidental deaths in Sri Lanka

20th-century Buddhist monks

21st-century Buddhist monks

Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera