104th Cetiyangana Examination of Shwedagon Pagoda to be held starting from 19 November

The 104th Cetiyangana Examination will start from 19 November to 25 November, according to the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees.
This year, the examination will include the oral recitation of lessons according to the orders of the Ovadacariya of Shwedagon Pagoda’s Treasure’s Board of Trustee.
Candidate monks can take the application forms at the Shwedagon Pagoda Treasurer’s Board of Trustees office during office hours and can put in their applications before 7 November.
Cetiyangana Pariyatti examinations were successfully held at Shwedagon Pagoda from the 67th to the 103rd. Every year, there are more than 100 candidates, but only about ten pass.
Dhammacariya Gandhavasaka and Cetiyangana Bhivamsa titles are bestowed on successful candidates in both examinations. — TWA/GNLM