death_date religion birth_place color nationality title article_title temple background birth_date school name occupation
29 november 2003 1910 buddhism kawkyaik village , hpa-an township , british burma black burmese abhidhaja agga maha saddhamma jotika badanta vinaya thamanya sayadaw
 thamanya hill near hpa-an , kayin state #ffd 068 1910 theravada thamanya sayadaw သ မညဆရ တ buddhist monk
thamanya sayadaw

thamanya sayadaw u vinaya -lrb- -rrb- was a prominent and influential burmese buddhist monk of pa-o descent , best known for his doctrinal emphasis on metta .
he was first ordained as a novice at the age of 13 and received higher ordination at the age of 20 .
he established a monastery and meditation retreat near his hometown , on thamanya hill , where he taught meditation and discourses .
the area around his monastery was declared a sanctuary -lrb- -rrb- where nonviolence and vegetarianism were practiced .
by the mid-1980s , followers established a thriving community around thamanya hill , comprising 5,000 households in the late 1990s , as the sayadaw doled out free land tracts around his monastery .
in 1991 , the burmese government conferred him the title `` abhidhaja agga maha saddhamma jotika '' for his charity and missionary works .
he was known for his education and infrastructure projects , including the construction of the thanlwin bridge , a road that connects myawaddy to mae sot and his sponsorship of local schools .
however , he publicly criticized the ruling state law and order restoration council , refused its patronage and invitations to visit yangon , while he publicly expressed support for aung san suu kyi .
he died on 29 november 2003 and had suffered from diabetes and heart problems .
on 2 april 2008 , his corpse was mysteriously removed from tomb .
four days later , the unknown perpetrators notified monks that the corpse had been burnt , and was found at the site of a small stupa in kawkada village .
this act was widely considered a yadaya ritual .
