Ellawala Medhananda Thero (එල්ලාවල මේධානන්ද) is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He had also organized many charities and engaged himself in educational activities in under-prevailed rural communities.[1] As an academic scholar (see Pieris, op. cit.) he has published 40 books of academic and archaeological research of which the book on the "Sinhala-Buddhist Heritage in the Northern and Eastern Provinces" published in 2003 by Jayakody Publishers in Colombo is most well known[2] Medhananda was a parliamentarian elected by the Jathika hela Urumaya, a party which campaigned for the so-called rights of Buddhists. As a consequence, many Marxist as well as minority Tamil writers have criticized him for his alleged right-wing political leanings and pro-majoritarian sentiments.[3] He presented himself for elections twice first in 2004 then in 2010. Since then he has devoted himself to charitable works, teaching and scholarly activities in rural regions of Sri Lanka
Ellawala Medhananda Thero
එල්ලාවල මේධානන්ද | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for National List | |
| In office 2004–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1937 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Jathika Hela Urumaya |
| Other political affiliations | United People's Freedom Alliance |
| Residence(s) | Sri Sumangalaramaya, Napawala, Gatahatta |
| Occupation | Buddhist monk |
References
edit- "ELLAWALA MEDHANANDA". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ Kamalika Pieris, http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2020/05/24/ven-ellawala-medhananda-part-3/
- ^ "JHU to nominate more laymen as candidates". tops.lk. 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ^ "Betraying Buddhism And Undermining Sri Lanka". Colombo Telegraph. 26 January 2014.
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