Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar)

Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar)
သာသနာရေးနှင့်ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Ministry overview
Formed1 April 2016; 8 years ago (1 April 2016)
Preceding agencies
  • Ministry of Religious Affairs
  • Ministry of Culture
JurisdictionGovernment of Myanmar
HeadquartersNay Pyi Taw
Minister responsible
  • Ko Ko
Websitewww.mora.gov.mm

The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Burmese: သာသနာရေးနှင့်ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာန) administers the religious affairs, cultural affairs and historical and archaeology research efforts of Myanmar (formerly Burma). The Department of Religious Affairs purification, perpetuation, promotion and propagation of the Theravada Buddhist Sasana and promotes Myanmar traditional customs and culture.[1]

  1. ^ "The Ministry of Religious Affairs". Ministry Of Religious Affairs. Retrieved 19 February 2012.