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Sangharaja is the title given in many Theravada Buddhist countries to a senior monk who is the titular head either of a monastic fraternity, or of the Sangha throughout the country. This term is often
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Weliwita Asaranasarana Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thera or popularly Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thera was a Buddhist monk, who was the last Sangharaja of Sri Lanka. He was the pioneer in the revival of
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…suggests that Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera, who was conferred with Sangharaja position by King Parakramabahu VI as the first Sangharaja of Sri Lanka. Welivita Sri Saranankara Thero who was appointed to this position by king Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe in 1753, was the last Sangharaja of Sri Lanka. In Cambodia and the former Khmer kingdoms…
A wall painting of Weliwita Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thera
Welivita Sri Saranakara Thera was born on 19 June 1698 in Welivita Waththe Walauwa, Tumpane, Hatharaliyadda, about 24 km from Kandy.
King Kirti Sri Rajasinha appointed Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thera as the Sangharaja of Sri Lanka.