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"A country can't be developed without correcting the man. Let's
correct the man to develop the country" - Most Venerable Madihe
Pannaseeha Mahanayake Thera
Landmarks in the life of Most Ven. Aggamaha Panditha Madihe
Pannaseeha Mahanayake Thera:
 Birth :June 21, 1913.
Ordination : July 24, 1926.
Higher Ordination (Upasampada) : June 09, 1933.
Excels at Praacheena Praramba : 1935
Obtains Colombo University Degree of Vidya Visharada: 1941
Appointed as Mahanayake (Chief Prelate) of the Amarapura Sri
Dharmarakshitha Nikaya : 1955
Graduates as Pravachana Visharada from Buddhasravaka Dhamma Peetaya:
1983
Receives Honorary Doctorate from the Peradeniya University: 1985
Appointed as the President of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Mahasangha Sabha:
1985
Presentation of the Act of Appointment as the President of the Sri
Lanka Amarapura Mahasangha Sabha : 1987.
Award of the title "Maha Mahopadyaya" by the Sri Lanka
Amarapura Mahasangha Sabha: 1987
Award of the title "Panditha" by the Sri Lanka Praacheena
Bhashopakara Society: 1987
Award of the title "Sahitya Chakrawarthy" by the Sri Lanka
Buddhist and Pali University : 1991
Becomes Supreme Head of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Mahasangha Sabha: 1992
Bestowed the Honorary title of "Sri Lanka Sambuddha Sasana
Chakrawarthy" by the Matara Hospital Services Association : 1995
Awarded the Honorific degree "Agga Maha Panditha" by the
Myanmar (Burmese) Government on a proposal of the Burmese Buddhist Clergy:
1996
Bestowed the Honorary title "Buddha Sasana Shiromani" by the
Vidyalankara Pirivena: 1997
Bestowed the "Temperance and Peace" Award by the Temperance
Movement of the South and South East
Asiatic Region : 1997
Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Alternative Medical Science by the
International Open University : 1998
Receives Sarvodaya National Award : 1998
Awarded Honorific Doctorate by the Chulaalankara University of Thailand
: 1999
Bestowed the Honorary Degree of "Sahityasuri" by the
Sabaragamuwa University.: 2001
91st birthday: June 21, 2003
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