Athuraliye Rathana Thero

Ven. Athuraliye Rathana is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[1]

Hon.

Athuraliye Rathana Thero

MP
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for National List
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born
Ranjith Welikanda

(1962-10-10) 10 October 1962
Athuraliya, Matara District, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyJathika Hela Urumaya
Other political
affiliations		United National Party
United People's Freedom Alliance
RelationsPeirishamy Welikanda (father), Ceciliyana Halgamuwa (mother)
ResidenceSadaham Sewana Gothami Uyana, Obesekarapura, Rajagiriya
Alma materUniversity of Peradeniya
OccupationPolitician and Social Activist
ProfessionBuddhist Clergy

Ranjith Welikanda was born on 10 October 1962 in Athuraliya in the Matara District, the son of Peirishamy Welikanda and Ceciliyana Halgamuwa.  Athuraliya was also the birth place of S. A. Wickremasinghe, the founder of the Communist Party. The village was under significant influence by left-wing. On 11 May 1976, at the age of fourteen, he became a Buddhist monk, taking on the name, Athuraliye Rathana. He was ordained to the Saddhammawansa Nikaya, a pioneer of the Amarapura Nikaya, along with 55 other children at Vevurukannala Buduraja Maha Vehera. Ven. Sumangala Nayaka Thero and Ven. Royal Panditha Thero Was, like, two years, Beliatta an̆gulmaḍuva base narayan monastery Sumangala Thera under the Pali and Sanskrit languages and learned about Buddhism and the Ambalangoda Randombe rules IPM received basic education.

Rathana received his education at Randombe Sangaraja Piriwena, Ambalangoda, Pinwatta Piriwena, Panadura, before going onto to attend the University of Peradeniya, where he obtained a Masters in Philosophy.

Rathana was a founding member of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) in February 2004, a Sinhala Buddhist nationalist party in Sri Lanka. Rathana and the JHU played a major role in defeating Mahinda Rajapaksa and making Maithripala Sirisena President.[2] In the 2015 general election Rathana was a national list nominee of the United People’s Freedom Alliance. Rathana was appointed to the parliament after United National Party won the election.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Athuraliye Rathana Thero". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-10-06.
  2. "Lankatruth". Lankatruth.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2015-09-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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