About Vijjota

Bhaddanta Vijjota Mahā Thera, commonly known as Vijjotārum Sayadaw, was a Burmese Buddhist monk. He was the 15th Thathanabaing and Mahanayaka of the Shwekyin Nikaya of Myanmar, from 2017 to his death in 2022. Chief abbot of Vijjotāyon Pariyatti Monastery in Mayangon Township, the mahathera was a State Ovādācariya Sayadaw.