Taungpulu Tawya Kaba-Aye Sayadaw U Nandiya | |
Birth Name: | Maung Paw Lar |
Dharma Name: | |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1897 (3rd waning day of Tabaung 1258 ME) |
Birth Place: | Tesu village, Wundwin, Myanmar |
Death Place: | Yangon, Myanmar |
Religion: | Buddhism |
School: | Theravada |
Sayadaw | |
Location: | Taungpulu Forest Monastery, Wundwin Township, Mandalay Division |
Occupation: | Buddhist monk |
Taungpulu Tawya Kaba-Aye Sayadaw U Nandiya (Burmese: တောင်ပုလုတောရကမ္ဘာအေးဆရာတော်ဦးနန္ဒိယ, 20 March 1897– 7 June 1986 [1]) was an influential Theravada Buddhist monk. Taungpulu Sayadaw was born in Tesu Village, Wundwin Township of Myanmar. He was the eldest chief of U Yan and Daw Shwe The. His childhood name was Maung Paw Lar.[2]
He was founder of the Taungpulu Kaba Aye Monastery in Boulder Creek, California.