Ambagahawatte_Indrasabhawara_Gnanasami_Maha_Thera
Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera
Founder of Rāmañña Nikāya, Buddhist monastic order in Sri Lanka
Most Ven. Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera[1] (Sinhala: අතිපූජ්ය අඹගහවත්තේ ඉන්ද්රාසභවර ඤාණසාමි මහා ථේර; legal name: Cornelis Madanayake) was the founder of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya[2] and Sri Dharmagupta Pirivena of Mūla Maha Viharaya, Payagala, Kalutara.[3] He was the first Maha Nayaka Thera of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya.
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