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Chief Sangha Nayaka Thera of Singapore

Ven. Bellanwila Dhammaratana Thera, Chief Incumbent of Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya and the founder of Buddhist Research Society and Buddhist Library, Singapore has been appointed Chief Sangha Nayaka of Singapore by Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagridharma Maha Sangha Sabha.

This position fell vacant with the demise of Venerable Maliduwa Mahavira Nayaka Thera, Chief Incumbent of the Mangala Vihara, Singapore.

Ven. Dhammaratana is the senior pupil of the late Ven. Bellanwila Sri Somaratana Nayaka Thera, former Chief Incumbent of Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya. He is a student of Vidyalankara Pirivena and is a graduate of Vidyalankara University.

After graduation, he served as the deputy principal and the principal at Sunethradevi Pirivena and Paramadhamma Chetiya Pirivena.

Ven. Dhammaratana left Sri Lanka for dhammaduta activities to Singapore in 1973 on the invitation of Ven. M. Mahavira. After engaging in dhammaduta activities for few years, he has been invited to be a religious advisor at the newly established Tisarana Buddhist Association.

Later, he founded the Buddhist Research Society and established the first ever Buddhist Library in Singapore. Conducting regular dhamma classes, lectures and seminars are the main activities of the Buddhist Library.

Ven. Dhammaratana also founded the Paramita International Buddhist Centre at Kadugannawa with the assistance of Buddhists in Singapore. 

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