The Upasampada Vinaya Karma ceremony of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya is scheduled to be held this year under the guidance of the Most Venerable Karagoda Uyangoda Maithrimoorthy Maha Nayaka Thera, the Deputy Chief Prelate of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya. It will be after nine years that this ceremony will be held with State patronage.