Dhammaratana named chief high priest


KANDY (Sri Lanka): Rev K. Dhammaratana Thera, the chief monk of Maha Buddhist Vihara in Brickfields, was appointed Chief Sangha Nayaka (Chief High Priest) of Malaysia during a traditional ceremony here yesterday. 

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