Uduwe Dhammaloka
The Venerable Uduwe Dhammaloka | |
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Born | Sri Lanka |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, a popular Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka. He rose to fame from his weekly sermon programmes (bana) on TV. A critic of the government system in Sri Lanka he joined the Jathika Hela Urumaya (National Heritage Party) with a group of monks to contest the local elections in 2004 and was elected as a member of Parliament. [1][2]
References
- ↑ "JHU MP Ven.Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero to retire from politics". sinhale.wordpress.com. 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
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