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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. He was named Don David ...
Anagarika Dharmapala Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera ( Sinhala : හික්කඩුවේ ශ්රි සුමංගල නාහිමි ; 20 January 1827 – 29 April 1911) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk , who was one of the pioneers of Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist movement in the 19th century. [ 3 ]
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.
Don Carolis Hewavitharane Wijeyaguneratne (Sinhala: දොන් කරෝලිස් හේවාවිතාරණ)(1833 – 18 February 1906) was a Ceylonese businessman, industrialist, philanthropist and a pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement. He was the father of Anagarika Dharmapala, and founded a family of considerable influence.
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.
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]
In 1891, while on pilgrimage to the recently restored Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, the location where Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) attained enlightenment, Anagarika Dharmapala had 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.
Founder Anagarika Dharmapala. The London Buddhist Vihara was founded in 1926 by Anagarika Dharmapala. [2] One of the temple's main benefactors during its early days was Mary Foster, who financed ‘Foster House’ in Ealing. [3] This was the first Sri Lankan Buddhist temple established outside Asia and was named the London Buddhist Vihara in 1926.