THE State Administration Council offered religious titles to relevant recipients under Notification 1/2025 on 4 January.
On behalf of the government, Myanmar Ambassador to Nepal U Myo Myint Maung offered the Maha Saddhammajotikadhaja title to Presiding Nun of Dham Kirti Vihar, Nun Daw Sudhammavati (Thameechit) in Kathmandu, Nepal, yesterday.
The Myanmar ambassador explained the purpose of offering the title, while the Member of the Parliament of Nepal gave remarks.
The ambassador, on behalf of the Myanmar government, offered the Maha Saddhammajotikadhaja title to Nun Daw Sudhammavati.
The Presiding Nun delivered a commemorative Dhamma discourse and donated NPR2.5 million and US$1,000 to Sitagu Sayadaw Ashin Nyanissara for the rehabilitation of quake-affected Sitagu International Buddhist Academy in Sagaing and other religious buildings through the Ambassador. All congregations led by the Presiding Nun prayed for the people of Myanmar who lost their lives in the Mandalay Earthquake. Well-wishers and families from the Myanmar Embassy donated alms to the Presiding Nun.
The ceremony was attended by MPs of Nepal, embassy staff and families, members of the Vihara Board of Trustees, town elders and Buddhists from Nepal, totalling some 200.
The Presiding Nun is 92 now. The Myanmar government conferred the Aggamaha Ganthavacaka Pandita title on the Presiding Nun in 1992, the Nepali government, the Jnanmala Ratnavata Sirpaa title in 1995 and the Lumbini Buddhist University from Nepal, a D Litt (Honoris Causa) in 2024. This year, the government of the State Administration Council conferred Maha Saddhammajotikadhaja on the Nun.
The Presiding Nun is actively participating in the missionary work of Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar, Thailand, India, Japan, China, Cambodia, the United States of America and Sri Lanka. — MNA/ TTA
