Aluthwewa Soratha Thera

Dr Aluthwewa Soratha Nayaka Thera is the Viharadhikari of the Kiriwehera Temple Katharagama and also the Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University.

He obtained his PhD in 1990 from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura for the thesis - "The Sri Lankan Bodhi Culture".

He is an alumnus of Nalanda College Colombo.