Today marks one year since the demise of the late Most Venerable Dodangoda Assaji Thero of the Amarapura Maha Sect.

The commemoration took place at the Vachissara Meditation Centre in Rawatawatte , Moratuwa.

The commemoration  was presided over by Mahanayake of the Kotte Sri Kalyana Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabhawa, Venerable Ittapane Dhammalankara Thero.

A statue of the late Most Venerable Dodangoda Assaji Thero was unveiled at the event. A seven-storey building at the premises which was constructed at a cost of Rs.8 million rupees was also declared open

The memoir of the late thero was also unveiled at the event.

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