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| honorific_prefix = Sangharaja Saddharmaditya Srimat<br />
| name = Gyanashree Mahathir<br />
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| native_name = জ্ঞানশ্রী মহাথের<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| birth_date = 18 November 1925<br />
| birth_place = [[Chittagong District]]<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
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| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]]- 2022<br />
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'''Gyanashree Mahathero''' ({{lang-bn|জ্ঞানশ্রী মহাথের}}, born 18 November 1925) is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist guru]] in [[Bangladesh]] who is the highest religious guru of the native Buddhists.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-22|title=ড. জ্ঞানশ্রী মহাথেরোকে সংঘরাজ নির্বাচিত করায় ভারতীয় সংঘরাজ ভিক্ষু মহাসভার অভিবাদন বার্তা|url=http://nivvanatv.net/ড-জ্ঞানশ্রী-মহাথেরোকে-সং/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=NivvanaTV|language=en-US}}</ref> The Government of Bangladesh awarded him the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2022 for his significant contribution to social service.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|author=Staff Correspondent|last2=bdnews24.com|title=Three rice scientists among 24 winners of Ekushey Padak|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2022/02/03/three-rice-scientists-among-24-winners-of-ekushey-padak|access-date=2022-02-04|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star|date=2022-02-04|title=24 names unveiled for Ekushey Padak|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/24-names-unveiled-ekushey-padak-2953816|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Gyanashree Mahathir was born on 16 November 1925 in the village of Domkhali, North Gujra, Raozan, [[Chittagong District]]. He has been staying at Nandankanan Buddhist Monastery in the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] since 1958.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=প্রতিষ্ঠাতামন্ডলীর জীবনী|url=http://mors.edu.bd/founder/%e0%a6%aa%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%b7%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a0%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a1%e0%a6%b2%e0%a7%80/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=মোনঘর আবাসিক বিদ্যালয়|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He became a shramana in 1944 and a monk in 1949. He studied till the entrance. He took the initiative to spread the economic, social, religious and educational life of the Buddhist common people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. He established many religious and educational institutions in the hilly and plain areas. In 1974, he set up a monastery, where residential schools were set up to provide general education to poor, orphaned and helpless Buddhist children. He established several Buddhist educational centers at [[Joypurhat District|Joypurhat]] and [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Award ==<br />
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* [[Ekushey Padak]]- 2022<ref>{{Cite web|last=jagonews24.com|title=24 personalities to get Ekushey Padak|url=https://www.jagonews24.com/en/national/news/60192|access-date=2022-02-04|website=jagonews24.com|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1925 births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Chittagong District]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
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