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Most Venarable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Anunayaka Thero(අතිපූජනීය කිරිබත්ගොඩ ඤාණානන්ද අනුනායක ස්වාමින් වහන්සේ) | |
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Title | 1.Most Venerable(අතිපූජනීය)
2.Anunayaka Thero of the Amarapura Sri Kalyaniwansa Nikaya(අමරපුර ශ්රී කලයාණිවංශ නිකායේ අතිපූජනීය අනුනායක හිමි) 3.Founder & Chief Advisor of Mahamevnawa Maha Sangha Saba(මහමෙව්නාව මහා සංඝ සභාවේ ප්රධාන අනුශාසක සහ නිර්මාතෘවර ) |
Personal | |
Born | Iriyawetiya, Kiribathgoda, Sri Lanka | 1 July 1961
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
School | Theravada |
Sect | Amarapura Nikaya (for registration purposes) |
Organization | |
Order | Sri Kalyaniwansa Nikaya |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Dambagasare Sri Sumedhankara Mahanayaka Thero and Dikwelle Pannananda Thero |
Based in | Sri Lanka |
Initiation | Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery |
Website | https://mahamevnawa.lk/ |
Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Anunayaka Thero (born: 1 July 1961) is a Sri Lankan monk. He is the founder & chief advisor of Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery[1],Mahamevnawa Maha Sangha Saba(මහමෙව්නාව මහා සංඝ සභාව) and Shraddha Media Network.At present, he is the Anunayaka Thero of the Sri Kalyaniwansha Chapter of Maha Viharavanshika Sri Lanaka Amarapura Nikaya(මහාවිහාරවංශික ශ්රී ලංකා අමරපුර නිකායේ ශ්රී කල්යාණිවංශ පාර්ශවයේ අනුනායක හිමි).Many people address Him as "Pinwath Loku Swamin Wahanse(පින්වත් ලොකු ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ)"