http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/default.asp Top Stories - U Chandra Mani ASP News Manager CMS V3.1 en-us 6/1/2009 8:18:29 AM Copyright http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/Saradawgrees-Birthplace.asp 7/7/2007 Saradawphara was born on 25 May 1875 (Burmese era - on Tuesday afternoon, 16th day after full moon of Kasoon month, year 1237) in the village of `Paukpon-Kwong, of Mro-Haung township, Akyab district in Arakan. http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/A-Burmese-Poem.asp 7/7/2007 Realising what a golden opportunity this was, the Bhikkhus and the laymen attending the meeting asked Dhammapala and Colonel Oracle to give them a week to locate such a qualified novice. http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/First-Arrival-in-India.asp 7/7/2007 On arrival in Calcutta, Shin Chandra, Shin Thuriya and Thar Doe Uo were met by Dhammapala: After a night's rest he took them to the Buddha Gaya Maha Bodhi building, near Gaya. http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/Move-To-Moulmein-After-A-Second-Visit-To-India.asp 7/7/2007 One day a group of five visitors from Myanmar arrived to pay their respects to Saradaw U Sandimar and on their departure from Gaya, Shin Chandra and Thar Doe Oo accompanied the visitors to Calcutta. http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/Shin-Chandra,-From-Novice-To-Higher-Ordained-Bhikkhu.asp 7/7/2007 U Khee Zarhee and his wife, Daw Mi Chan Mra in Calcutta had a young son called Kyaw Zan Hla. One day they were discussing the possibility of Kyaw Zan Hla being initiated into novicehood and about Shin Chandra, to higher ordination to become a fully-fledged Bhikkhu. http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/Shin-Chandra,-A-Fully-Ordained-Bhikkhu.asp 7/7/2007 It was on Monday, at 8 am, Myanmar era 1265, 9t'' day of the Tapotwai, that Shin Chandra was ordained at the Uda-ku-khayparae Sima and became a fully higher ordained Bhikkhu and attained the noble and respected status of monkhood promoted by over forty well known http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/Writing-Buddhist-Documents.asp 7/7/2007 Ashin Chandramani started to translate into Hindi `The Dhammapada' a book written in the Pali language. In the year 1909 a thousand copies were distributed to important places within India. http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/Passing-Away-Of-Kushinagar-Saradawgree-Mahawira.asp 7/7/2007 Saradawgree Mahawira was not only an Indian national (Maramargree Baruwa) but also a Buddhist monk who was of Arakanese-Indian parentage. It was to Saradaw Mahawira that the merchant U Khee Zarhee and his wife http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/Saradaw-Ashin-Chandramanis-Meeting-With-King-Thibaw-Of-Burmese.asp 7/7/2007 Close to the Maha Bodhi Tree in Buddha Gaya, there was a Buddhist Vihara, a brick and mortar building called `Kuthodaw Rest' built and donated by the Burmese King Min Don. http://www.rakhapura.com/U-Chandra-Mani/Court-Case-Hearing-Between-Dhammapala-And-Zawgy-Razar-Mahant.asp 7/7/2007 Ashin U Chandramani and his party departed from Ratanagiri to Bombay, where they stayed as guests at the house of a lawyer, Dr. Sandraba. There, Ashin U Chandramani recounted his meeting with King Thibaw to Dr. Sandraba