Athuraliye Rathana Thero
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Athuraliye Rathana Thero | |
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| Member of Parliament for National List | |
| Assumed office 5 January 2021 | |
| In office 1 September 2015 – 3 March 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament for Gampaha District | |
| In office 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015 | |
| Member of Parliament for Kalutara District | |
| In office 22 April 2004 – 9 February 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ranjith Welikanda 10 October 1962 Athuraliya, Matara District, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Our Power of People's Party |
| Relations | Peirishamy Welikanda (father), Ceciliyana Halgamuwa (mother) |
| Residence(s) | Sadaham Sewana Gothami Uyana, Obesekarapura, Rajagiriya |
| Alma mater | University of Peradeniya |
| Occupation | Politician and Social Activist |
| Profession | Buddhist Clergy |
Athuraliye Rathana Thero is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of parliament.[1]
Ranjith Welikanda was born on 10 October 1962 in Athuraliya in the Matara District, the son of Peirishamy Welikanda and Ceciliyana Halgamuwa. Athuraliya was also the birth place of S. A. Wickremasinghe, the founder of the Communist Party. The village was under significant influence by left-wing. On 11 May 1976, at the age of fourteen, he became a Buddhist monk, taking on the name, Athuraliye Rathana. He was ordained to the Saddhammawansa Nikaya, a pioneer of the Amarapura Nikaya, along with 55 other children at Vevurukannala Buduraja Maha Vehera. Ven. Sumangala Nayaka Thero and Ven. Royal Panditha Thero Was, like, two years, Beliatta an̆gulmaḍuva base narayan monastery Sumangala Thera under the Pali and Sanskrit languages and learned about Buddhism and the Ambalangoda Randombe rules IPM received basic education.
Rathana received his education at Randombe Sangaraja Piriwena, Ambalangoda, Pinwatta Piriwena, Panadura, before going onto to attend the University of Peradeniya, where he obtained a Masters in Philosophy.
Rathana was a founding member of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) in February 2004, a Sinhala Buddhist nationalist party in Sri Lanka. Rathana and the JHU played a major role in defeating Mahinda Rajapaksa and making Maithripala Sirisena President.[2] In the 2015 general election Rathana was a national list nominee of the United People’s Freedom Alliance. Rathana was appointed to the parliament after United National Party won the election.[3]
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References
- ^ "Athuraliye Rathana Thero". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-10-06.
- ^ https://www.refworld.org/docid/576be007e.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
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