[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 Koṭugoḍa Dhammāvāsa Thera presided over the union of the Amarapura and Rāmañña monastic orders, creating the Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya; 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.
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