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Sikkim Mahinda was born around 1901 in Sikkim and named Pempa Tendupi Serky Cherin. [1] His family lived in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.He had three brothers; the first would later become a lecturer of the University of Calcutta, the second would be the prime minister of the king, and the third would join the Buddhist priesthood who was known as Punnaji thero. [2]
Mihindu (Mahinda in Pali) Seya at Rajagala, the place where the inscription commemorating Arahat Mahinda was found. The Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa, Sri Lanka's two great religious chronicles, contain accounts of Mahinda travelling to Sri Lanka and converting King Devanampiya Tissa. [2] These are the primary sources for accounts of his life and ...
Sanghamitta bringing a sapling of the right branch of the Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka. Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara [8]. Sanghamitra is known for the proselytisation activity among women that she pursued as her lifetime goal in Sri Lanka, along with her brother, Mahendra (called Mahinda in Sri Lanka) at the initiation of her father, Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty who ruled in India in the 3rd ...
Missaka Pawwa in Mihintale, where the Arahath Mahinda landed. This is also known as Aradhana Gala. Mihintale is a mountain peak near Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.It is believed by Sri Lankans to be the site of a meeting between the Buddhist monk Mahinda and King Devanampiyatissa which inaugurated the presence of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
Sri Dalada Maligawa [a], commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka.It is located in the Royal Palace Complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha.
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Mahinda Wijesekara, Sri Lankan politician; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Sri Lankan politician; Mahinda V of Anuradhapura, Sri Lankan king; Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Sri Lankan politician; Mahinda (Buddhist monk) (3rd Century BCE), Buddhist monk who introduced the Pali Canon to Sri Lanka; S. Mahinda (1901-1951), Theravada Buddhist monk born in Sikkim
Mihintale, the traditional location of Devanampiya Tissa's conversion. Emperor Ashoka took a keen interest in the propagation of Buddhism across the known world. According to Sri Lankan tradition, it was decided that his son, Mahinda, would travel to Sri Lanka and attempt to convert the people there.