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Anagarika Dharmapala

Religious Leader born on

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Religious Leader
Died
Apr 29, 1933
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
Sri Lanka
About
Both a Buddhist religious leader and a writer, Dharmapala helped create the peaceful Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism movement; revived Buddhism in India; and taught the principles of the faith throughout the Asian, European, and North American continents.
Family
The child of wealthy merchants Mallika Dharmagunawardhana and Don Carolis Hewavitharana, he spent his youth in Colombo, Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka). Born Don David Hewavitharane, he grew up with brothers named Charles and Edmund.

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