Ven Bogoda Seelawimala, Head of London Buddhist Vihara, was appointed as the Chief Sangha Nayake of Great Britain by the Most Venerable Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Mahanayake Thero and the Supreme Sangha Sabha at Malwatta Maha Viharaya in Kandy. The investiture Ceremony was held on Friday 2 May 2008 at 3.00 pm at the historical Uposhathaghara at Malwatta Maha Viharaya, Kandy, Sri Lanka.