Paying Homage: SG pays homage to the remains of late Sayadaw

Venerable Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agg Maha Saddhamma Jotika Bhaddanta Saddhiya, State Ovadacariya Sayadaw, Presiding Nayaka of Ponnya Neinmitayama Shwethuwun Monastery in Thingangyun Township in Yangon Region, passed away on 21st May.

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla paid homage to the remains of the venerable Sayadaw on Thursday.

First, the Senior General paid homage to Ovadacariya Sayadaws of the Final Rites Organizing Committee led by, Secretary of Kachin State Sangha Nayaka Committee and Abbot of Dhamma Rekkhita Wuntho Monastery in Myitkyina and supplicated preparations to hold the final rites of the venerable Sayadaw.

Then, he donated alms to the Abbot of Dhamma Rekkhita Wuntho Monastery. The Senior General presented a cash donation for holding the final rites of the venerable Sayadaw to the Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture.

Next, the Senior General, wife and party paid homage to the remains of venerable Shwethuwun Sayadaw. Venerable Shwethuwun Sayadaw was born in Aung chantha (Khanbe) Village in Wundwin Township in Meiktila District. In his novice-hood, he passed the Dhammacariya lecturer exam in 1319 ME, and the novice was offered the Sasanadhaja Siripavara Dhammacariya title by President U Win Maung.

He obtained an Acariya degree in 1982 at Nalanda Postgraduate School under Darbhanga University of Bihar State of India and MA Buddhist Study at Magadh University in 1986.

The venerable Sayadaw was offered Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika title by the government in 1997, Agga Maha Pandita title in 2007, Doctor of Letters in 2017, Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru title in 2019 and Abhidhaja Agga Maha  Saddhamma Jotika title in 2021.