Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetAriyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro)
Supreme Patriarch of Thai Buddhism since 2017
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Place of Birth: Mueang Ratchaburi, Ratchaburi, Thailand
About Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro)
- Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana IX (Thai: ??????????????????????; 26 June 1927), born Amborn Prasatthapong (Thai: ????? ???????????), is the current Supreme Patriarch of Thailand.
- Ordained as a Bhikkhu monk in 1948 with the dharma name of Ambaro (Thai: ??????), he is a monk of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order.
- In 2008 he was appointed abbot of Wat Ratchabophit in Bangkok.
- In 2017 he was appointed Supreme Patriarch by King Vajiralongkorn, succeeding Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana who died in 2013.
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