Ramanna Nikaya is one of the most orthodox Buddhist

Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...

 orders in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

. It was founded in 1864 when Ambagahawatte Saranankara, returned to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 after being ordained by the Neyyadhama Munivara Sangharaja of Ratnapunna Vihara in Burma.

Similar orders

Ramanna Nikaya is said to be similar to the Thammayut Nikaya order of Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. Ramanna Nikaya is currently survived in Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka.

Now the head of the Ramanna Nikaya is the Venerable Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thera who is more than 100 years old.

External links

• Official website of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya
• Official website of Ven. Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thera