obituary

Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta,

Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika

CHIEF MONK OF

DHAMMIKARAMA BURMESE BUDDHIST TEMPLE

10 January 1928 - 24 November 2017

Age : 89 years old

Venerable Sayadaw U Pannya Vamsa was born at

Wakema, Myanmar on 10 January 1928. He was

ordained as a Novice Monk at the age of fourteen

and received Higher Ordination as Bhikkhu on 

16 April 1948.

In 1970, he was appointed by the Government

of Burma and the Sangha Council to succeed the

Resident Chief Monk of Dhammikarama Burmese

Buddhist Temple where he resides until his demise.