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A protector of Buddhist dharma is called a dharmapala. They are typically wrathful deities, depicted with terrifying iconography in the Mahayana and tantric traditions of Buddhism. [3] The wrathfulness is intended to depict their willingness to defend and guard Buddhist followers from dangers and enemies.
There is a belief that Dharmapala did build a city in the western fringe of his domain. There is no satisfactory evidence to identify Dharma Pala's capital Kamarupanagar with Kamatapur, particularly as the two names have no resemblance. But tradition associated Dharma Pala not with Kamatapur but with a city about 35 miles (56 km) away. [2]
Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya, established in 1940 and it is the largest co-educational institution and the most populated suburban school in Sri Lanka. [ citation needed ] The school is situated on a land donated by Anagarika Dharmapala , whom the school is named after.
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In 2010, Balaji temple opened a sister center in Bangalore, India that's helping the community by offering free yoga classes and Meditation. [4] The temple also received a donation of 23 acre land in Hollister, CA, and is used for retreats. The temple inaugurated a shrine dedicated to Sai Baba and Panduranga deities in 2013. [5]
Dharmapala [a] was the second Pala emperor of Bengal in the Indian subcontinent. He was the son and successor of Gopala , the founder of the Pala dynasty. Dharmapala was mentioned as the King of Vangala ( Vangapati ) in the Nesari plates (dated 805 AD) of Rashtrakuta dynasty . [ 5 ]
In 1891 Anagarika Dharmapala was on a pilgrimage to the recently restored Mahabodhi Temple, where Siddhartha Gautama – the Buddha – attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, India. [17] Here he experienced a shock to find the temple in the hands of a Saivite priest, the Buddha image transformed into a Hindu icon and Buddhists barred from worship.
Longest chanting marathon (team): 24 hours, 10 minutes, 8 seconds on 31 July 2015, at Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Largest breathing lesson: July 2016, at India Community Center, Milpitas, California , USA [ 13 ] [ 14 ]