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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]
Mahinda (Sinhala: මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ) (285 BCE – 205 BCE) was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. [1] He was a Mauryan prince and the first-born son of Emperor Ashoka from his first wife Queen Devi , and the older brother of Princess Sanghamitra .
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 ...
Thus, “Mahinda” was the Indian name, which in Sinhalé, became “Mihindu.” In Sinhala Mihin-Thalé literally means the “plateau of Mihindu”. This plateau is on top of a hill from where Arahat Mihindu was supposed to have called King Devanampiyatissa, by the King's name to stop him from shooting a deer. Hence, “Mihin Thalé” is a ...
Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero; Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero; Gangodawila Soma Thero; Aluthwewa Soratha Thera; Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero; Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero; Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera; Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera; Wariyapola Sri Sumangala; Weligama Sri Sumangala; Dambagasare Sumedhankara Thero
The founder and the Chairman of the Buddhist TV is the most Ven. Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero. On 29 June 2007, the channel was officially launched by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva and head priest of the Asgiriya chapter in Sri Lanka.
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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.