State Administration Council issues Notification 1/2024 for offering religious titles to Buddhist monks, laypersons

The State Administration Council Chairman released Notification No 1/2024 dated 4 January 2024 to offer the Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru title to seven prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Agga Maha Pandita title to 21 prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Agga Maha Ganthavacaka Pandita title to 27 prominent venerable members of the Sangha and nuns, Maha Ganthavacaka Pandita title to 57 prominent venerable members of the Sangha and nuns, Ganthavacaka Pandita title to 73 prominent venerable members of the Sangha and nuns, Maha Dhammakathika Bahujana Hitadhara title to two prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Dhammakathika Bahujana Hitadhara title to four prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika title to seven prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja title to 50 prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja title to 105 prominent venerable members of the Sangha, nuns and lay persons, Saddhamma Jotikadhaja title to 82 prominent venerable members of the Sangha, nuns and lay persons, Agga Maha Kammathanacariya title to eight prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Maha Kammathanacariya title to nine prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Kammathanacariya title to 17 prominent venerable members of the Sangha, Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Manijotadhara title to a lay person, Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Theingi title to two lay persons, Thiri Thudhamma Manijotadhara title to three lay persons, Thiri Thudhamma Theingi title to six lay persons, Thiha Thudhamma Manijotadhara title to five lay persons, Thiha Thudhamma Theingi title to four lay persons, Thudhamma Manijotadhara title to four lay persons and Thudhamma Theingi title to 14 lay persons. — MNA