Saranankara Era in the Kandyan Kingdom (1698-1778)
Life & Times of Ven. Welivita Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thero Compiled by K. K. de Silva Modern history of Ceylon has no name more worthy of honour and grateful remembrance than the one which forms the title of this sketch. But, strange to say, even to Sinhalese Buddhists the name of Saranankara Sangharaja is as indistinct a figure as if he belonged to the misty regions of antiquity & not to the eighteenth century of the Christian era." Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka. Introduction Ven. Welivita Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thero was born during the reign of King Vimaladharmasuriya II, ordained as a Samanera during the reign of King Narendrasinghe, received appointment as Rajaguru during the reign of King Vijaya Rajasinghe, was fully ordained, appointed Sangharaja, imprisoned, restored to his position & passed away during the reign of King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe. In the course of 80 years, he had t...