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Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala at the age of 29 (1893) Anagarika Dharmapala was born on 17 September 1864 in Colombo, Ceylon to Don Carolis Hewavitharana of Hiththetiya, Matara and Mallika Dharmagunawardhana (the daughter of Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana), who were among the richest merchants of Ceylon at the time.
Anagarika Dharmapala. In Buddhism, an anagārika (Pali, 'homeless one', [əˈnəɡɑːrɪkə]; f. anagārikā [əˈnəɡɑːrɪkɑː]) is a person who has given up most or all of their worldly possessions and responsibilities to commit full-time to Buddhist practice.
Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya (abbreviated as DVP), 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 land donated by Anagarika Dharmapala, whom the school is named after. The school was upgraded to National school status in 1991.
The Maha Bodhi Society is a South Asian Buddhist society presently based in Kolkata, India.Founded by the Sri Lankan Buddhist leader Anagarika Dharmapala and the British journalist and poet Sir Edwin Arnold, its first office was in Bodh Gaya.
Anagarika Dharmapala Srimathano (Sinhala: අනගාරික ධර්මපාල ශ්රීමතාණෝ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala biographical history film directed by Sanath Abeysekara and co-produced by Ven. Banagala Upatissa Thera and Sunil T. Fernando for Sunil T. Films.
In response, various Theravāda Buddhist Modernist movements arose, such as the Sri Lankan modernism of Anagarika Dharmapala, the Burmese vipassana movement and the Dhammayutika Nikaya, a new Thai monastic order. Furthermore, the modern era saw Theravāda become an international religion, with centers in the Western world.
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An important part of Olcott's work in Ceylon became the patronage of young Buddhist Don David Hewavitharana, who took himself later name Anagarika Dharmapala. [6] [10] [11] [E] Dharmapala, a founder the Maha Bodhi Society, Sri Lanka's national hero, was one of the major figures in the movement for the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon during the British colonial rule. [13]