Ellawala Medhananda Thero

Ellawala Medhananda Thero 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 rights of Buddhists. As a consequence, many Marxist as well as Tamil separatist writers have criticized him for his alleged right-wing political leanings and pro-majoritarian sentiments.[3] He only presented himself for elections only once. Since then he has devoted himself to charitable works, teaching and scholarly activities in rural regions of Sri Lanka


Ellawala Medhananda Thero

Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for National List
In office
2004–2015
Personal details
Born (1937-01-28) 28 January 1937
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyJathika Hela Urumaya
Other political
affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
ResidenceSri Sumangalaramaya, Napawala, Gatahatta
OccupationBuddhist monk

References

  • "ELLAWALA MEDHANANDA". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka.


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