Background
Mahathero, Visuddhananda was born on February 23, 1909 in Hoarapara, Raozan, Bangladesh. Son of Karmadhan and Cintabati Barua.
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Visuddhananda Mahathero
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Educated, Bidyalanker Pariven, Sri Lanka, 1934-1936; educated, Pravachanodaya Oriental College, Chittagong, Bangledesh, 1936.
Career
President, Buddhist Monastery, Kamalapur Dhaka, Bangladesh, since 1950; vice chairman, Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust, Bangladesh, since 1984. Member international county World Conference Religion and Peace, New York City, since 1984. President Asian Buddhist Conference on Peace, Mongolian People's Republic.
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Membership
Founder Boduddha Kristi Pracher Sangha, 1950, Dharmarajik Buddish Monaster, Dhaka. Member Buddish Conference, Sri Lanka, 1950. Appointed secretary Bangladesh Sanskrit and Pail Education Board.
Exed. director Asian Conference for Religion and Peace, Singapore, 1983. President Bangladesh Chapter Asian Buddish Conference on Peace, 1984. Vice president Bangladesh Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust, 1985.
Member World Fellowship Buddhists (president Bangladesh chapter since 1950), Agrasara Memorial Society (founder 1946), London Mahabodhi Society (secretary 1981).
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Recipient awards Government of Pakistan, 1963, 65, Gold medal Atish Dipankar Birth Anniversary Committee, 1985, Asian Buddist Conference for Peace, 1990.Recipient awards Government of Pakistan, 1963, 65, Gold medal Atish Dipankar Birth Anniversary Committee, 1985, Asian Buddist Conference for Peace, 1990.