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Davuldena Gnanissara Thera
The Present Supreme Prelate of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya The Most Venerable Aggamaha Panditha, Sanskrita Chakravarti, Sanskrita Sahitya Visarada, Bhashantara Visarada, Jina Sasana Kirti Sri, Sanskrita Sahitya Sarasavati, Sahitya Suri, Sathbhasa Paramesvara Mahopadyaya, Sri Sumangala Vidyavatansa, Daivi Bhasha Paramesvara, Dhaivi Bahasha Visarada, Grantha Visarada Rajakiya Panditha Davuldena Gnanissara Thera is also the Maha Nayaka of the Udarata Amarapura Samagriy Maha Sabha.

Born on December 31, 1915 in Davuldena a village in the Uva-Paranagama electorate of the Badulla District in the historic Uva Province of Sri Lanka, he entered the Order at the age of twelve. He became the Supreme Prelate of the Maha Nikaya on November 2004 at the age of 89.

Venerable Davuldena Gnanissara Thera was appointed to the highest position of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya following the death of Most Venerable Aggamaha Panditha Madihe Pannasiha Maha Nayaka Theara who was the second maha nayaka of the Chapter after the latter was established with the incorporation of the 21 nikayas (sects) into a single body in 1966.

The conferment of the highest status of the Supreme Prelate (Uththarithara Maha Nayaka ) was officially made on him under the patronage of then President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on November 2, 2004 at a state ceremony held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo.

Since then he has been holding the position guiding 10241 bhikkhus residing in 2547 temples of the Maha Nikaya. In recognition of the decades of his untiring selfless service both at home and abroad, the Government of Myanmar conferred on him with the highest title “Aggamaha Panditha” in 2006. Sinner  General Thansu  presented the credential to the Most Venerable Maha Nayaka Thera on March 13, 2006 in Myanmar.

His Early Life Most Venerable Maha Nayaka Thera the ninth child in a family of eleven children, was given to the Buddha Sasana (Bhikkhu Order) by his parents when he was still an infant. His parents were Aloka Mudiyanselage Kavurala and Gajanayaka Mudiyanselage Kirimenike.

During his childhood, he was sent to Sri Gunarathana Maha Vidyalaya of Mediwela and was admitted thereto when he was still an infant at the age of four.

Since then he was associated with the temple and thus become greatly influenced by the temple atmosphere. The main temples that shaped his early life were Sapugalle Viharaya and Sri Sudharshanaramaya of Uma Ella.

He was impressed by the samaneras in the temple who, with great respect to their teachers, were learning the Sanskrit Shlokas by heart. Seeing this regularly, he too learnt to read Sanskrit Shlokas in their company. His association with the temple led him to become a Bhikkhu at the end. The chief incumbent of the Sudharshanarama Viharaya was a great inspiration to Ganassira Thera.

As the Maha Thera recounting his early life to a generous devotee of the temple once, said… “ When I informed the parents of my wish to enter the order, my father promptly asked whether I could live without eating at night and I could live without parents. I answered ‘yes’”. “My parents knew how great it is to hand the custody of a child to the Sasana which would help his kith and kin to cross over the ocean of Samsara. So he took me to the chief incumbent of the Sudharshnaramaya and handed to Venerable Uma Ella Siri Pannasara Thera who was then the Chief Sangha –nayaka of Uddukinda and later chosen as Maha Nayaka of the Udarata Amarapura Samagriya Sangha Sabaha. Venerable Pannananda Thera and Venerable Uma Ella Siri Piyaratana Thera ordained me at the Tapodhanarama Viharaya of Sapugalle on March 8, 1928,” the Maha Thera said.