Religious titles conferred venerable monks, nuns and lay devotees from Nay Pyi Taw

The Religious Titles Conferring Ceremony for venerable Buddhist monks, nuns and lay devotees from Nay Pyi Taw Council was held yesterday afternoon in Nay Pyi Taw.
The ceremony was attended by the venerable monks led by the Chairman Sayadaw of the Nay Pyi Taw Council Territory Sangha Nayaka Committee, Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman Dr Maung Maung Naing and relevant officials. At the ceremony, the Chairman of the Nay Pyi Taw Council presented the title of Agga Maha Pandita to the leading monk of Aung Si Tha Pariyatti School in Pobbathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw Bhaddanta Visakkhana and the title of Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja to Chairman Sayadaw of Shwe Cadi Tawra Monastery Bhaddanta Istharia.
The Nay Pyi Taw Council members, Deputy Mayor of Nay Pyi Taw, the Permanent Secretaries, Directors General and officials presented the religious titles and accessories to the venerable monks, nuns.
At the ceremony, the lay devotees were also presented the honorary religious titles for their contributions to communities’ welfare. For 2020, a total of 30 monks, two nuns and two lay devotees from Nay Pyi Taw Council were conferred the religious titles. — MNA