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Weliwita Asaranasarana Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thero (19 June 1698 – 18 July 1778) or popularly Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero was a Buddhist monk, who was the last Sangharaja of Sri Lanka. He was the pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, after the decline of the religion in the 17th and 18th centuries. Saranankara Thero was bestowed with the a title by king Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe in 1753, the same year he received the Upasampada (higher ordination of Buddhist monks) and re-established the Upasampada in Sri Lanka with the help of Mahasangha in Siam. He is also credited with the establishment of Silvath Samagama (pious group), a union of monks who lived in accordance with the Buddhist monastic discipline.

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  • Weliwita Asaranasarana Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thero (19 June 1698 – 18 July 1778) or popularly Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero was a Buddhist monk, who was the last Sangharaja of Sri Lanka. He was the pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, after the decline of the religion in the 17th and 18th centuries. Saranankara Thero was bestowed with the a title by king Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe in 1753, the same year he received the Upasampada (higher ordination of Buddhist monks) and re-established the Upasampada in Sri Lanka with the help of Mahasangha in Siam. He is also credited with the establishment of Silvath Samagama (pious group), a union of monks who lived in accordance with the Buddhist monastic discipline. (en)
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  • 1698-06-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Kulatunga Banda (en)
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  • 1778-07-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Sangharaja (en)
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  • 1698-06-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Kulatunga Banda (en)
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  • A wall painting which depicts Weliwita Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thero (en)
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  • 1778-07-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Malwathu Maha Viharaya, Kandy (en)
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  • Welivita Pindapathika Asarana Sarana Sri Saranakara Sangharaja Thero (en)
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  • Welivita Sri Saranakara Thera (en)
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  • Sri Lankan (en)
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  • Sangharaja, the supreme patriarch of Sri Lanka. (en)
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  • Thibbotuwawe Buddharakkitha Thero, Daramitipola Dhammarakkhitha Thero, Rambukwelle Dhammarakkhitha Thero, Wehelle Dhammadinna Thero, Morathota Dhammakkhanda Thero, Welivita Saranankara Thero . (en)
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  • Suriyagoda Maha Thero. (en)
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  • Weliwita Asaranasarana Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thero (19 June 1698 – 18 July 1778) or popularly Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero was a Buddhist monk, who was the last Sangharaja of Sri Lanka. He was the pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, after the decline of the religion in the 17th and 18th centuries. Saranankara Thero was bestowed with the a title by king Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe in 1753, the same year he received the Upasampada (higher ordination of Buddhist monks) and re-established the Upasampada in Sri Lanka with the help of Mahasangha in Siam. He is also credited with the establishment of Silvath Samagama (pious group), a union of monks who lived in accordance with the Buddhist monastic discipline. (en)
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