State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee

State Saṅgha Mahā Nāyaka Committee
နိုင်ငံတော် သံဃာ့မဟာနာယကအဖွဲ့ (မဟန)
Council overview
Formed24 May 1980; 44 years ago (1980-05-24)
Preceding council
TypeCommittee
JurisdictionSangha of Myanmar
HeadquartersKaba Aye Hill, Yangon, Myanmar
16°51′29″N 96°09′15″E / 16.85798°N 96.15422°E / 16.85798; 96.15422
Council executive
  • Bhaddanta Candimarbhivamsa (Thanlyin Mingyaung Sayadaw)[1], Chairperson
  • Baddanta Vasitthabivamsa, Secretary
Parent departmentMinistry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar)
Websitewww.mahana.org.mm

The State Saṅgha Mahā Nāyaka Committee (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော် သံဃာ့မဟာနာယကအဖွဲ့, abbreviated Mahana or မဟန in Burmese, SSMNC in English) is a government-appointed body of high-ranking Buddhist monks that oversees and regulates the Sangha (Buddhist clergy) in Burma (Myanmar). That committee real style is "Supreme Sangha Council of Myanmar".

  1. ^ "6th 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee holds 13th Plenary Meeting". New Light of Myanmar. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.