Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero

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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. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero
rdf:langString Welivita Sri Saranakara Thera
rdf:langString Welivita Sri Saranakara Thera
rdf:langString Malwathu Maha Viharaya, Kandy
xsd:date 1778-07-18
xsd:date 1698-06-19
xsd:integer 42014594
xsd:integer 1112804905
rdf:langString Thibbotuwawe Buddharakkitha Thero, Daramitipola Dhammarakkhitha Thero, Rambukwelle Dhammarakkhitha Thero, Wehelle Dhammadinna Thero, Morathota Dhammakkhanda Thero, Welivita Saranankara Thero .
rdf:langString Suriyagoda Maha Thero.
xsd:date 1698-06-19
rdf:langString Kulatunga Banda
rdf:langString A wall painting which depicts Weliwita Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thero
xsd:date 1778-07-18
rdf:langString Sri Lankan
rdf:langString Sangharaja, the supreme patriarch of Sri Lanka.
rdf:langString 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.
rdf:langString Welivita Pindapathika Asarana Sarana Sri Saranakara Sangharaja Thero
xsd:nonNegativeInteger 18395
rdf:langString Kulatunga Banda
rdf:langString Sangharaja

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