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Auspicious ceremony to present religious titles for 2023 was held at Sasana Beikman in the precinct of Uppatasanti Pagoda, Nay Pyi Taw this afternoon.
Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla attended the ceremony and presented religious titles and donated provisions.
Present were title recipient foreign and local Buddhist monks and nuns, led by honoured guests, Vice Chairman of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee (SSMNC) Patron of Koehsaung Monastery in Myingyan Agga Maha Pandita Jotipala and Vice Chairman of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Patron of Thiho Pariyatti School, Kyaukme, Shan State (North) Agga Maha Pandita Dr Bhaddanta Candanasara.
The Senior General and wife were accompanied by SAC Vice Chairman Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than Nwe, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai and congregation took Five Precepts from Myingyan Sayadaw. Patron of Sasanamandine Pali University in Bago Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sirinda read out the Sammodani Ocadakatha.
Then, the Senior General presented Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Title and insignia to Most Venerable Prof. Kumburugamuwe a revered monk from Sri Lanka, Somdet Phramahathirachan a revered monk from Thailand and Sayadaw Agga Maha Kammathanacariya Bhaddanta Sobhana of Shweminwun Sasanayeiktha, Bahan Township, Yangon Region, on behalf of Mahasi Sayadaw Bhaddana Sobhana.
Similarly, the Vice-Senior General and officials presented titles and insignias to the title recipient Sayadaws.
Moreover, the Senior General’s wife presented Agga Maha Ganthavacaka Pantita Title and insignia to Nun Daw Kemacari of Dhammawihari Nunnery School, Aungmyaythazan Township, and Nun Daw Yucanda of Theravada Buddhist Missionary Sandarama Nunnery Religious School in Mogaung.
Next, the Senior General presented Agga Maha Thiri Thuddhama Mani Jotadhaya titles and insignia to U Aung Toe, Dr Khin Maung Tun, U Zaw Win and U Maung Maung. The Vice-Senior General presented Thiri Thuddhama Mani Jotadhaya titles and insignia to title recipient laypersons.
The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Vice-Chairman Presiding Sayadaw of Thiho Pariyatti Sarthintaik in Kyaukme delivered a sermon to the congregation led by the Senior General and wife sharing merits gained.
During the ceremony, 15 Sayadaws conferred with the title of Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru and 12 Sayadaws with Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika, one Sayadaw with Tipitakadhara Dhammabhandagarika, 30 Sayadaws with Agga Maha Pandita, 52 Sayadaws with Agga Maha Saddhama Jotikadhaja, 25 Sayadaws with Agga Maha Ganthavacaka Pandita, 13 Sayadaws with Agga Maha Kammatthanacariya, and three nuns with Agga Maha Kammatthanacariya were presented with those titles and offertories.
And 14 laypeople were presented with Sasana Nuggaha and insignia. The remaining recipient Sayadaws, nuns and persons were also presented with their titles by the officials of Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, Regions and States.
SAC conferred religious titles to 403 local and international Sayadaws and members of the Sangha, 38 nuns and 42 laypeople this year.
Later, the Senior General and wife, officials and well-wishers offered rice and alms to the title-recipient Sayadaws, members of the Sangha and nuns.
