| Background: |
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| Honorific Prefix: | State Dhammakathika Bahujanahitadhara Bhaddanta |
| Vāyamānanda | |
| Alias: | Shwesannwe Sayadaw |
| Birth Place: | Sin Tai Village, Yinmabin Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar |
| Nationality: | Myanmar |
| Religion: | Buddhism |
| Education: | B.A(Buddhism) M.A(Buddhism) Magadh University, Ph.D |
| Occupation: | Buddhist monk |
Ashin Vāyamānanda (Burmese: အရှင်ဝါယမာနန္ဒ), commonly known as Shwesannwe Sayadaw (Burmese: ရွှေဆံနွယ်ဆရာတော်), is a Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk. He was conferred the title of, one of the highest religious titles, by the government of Myanmar. Sayadaw was a religious representative in the Buddhist cooperation between Myanmar and China.[1] In 2013, he built the charitable Shwesannwe clinics in Sintai to offer free primary medical health care for the poor.[2] He later expanded into an eye hospital in 2018.[3]
The future sayadaw was born on 1973 in Sintai Village, Yinmabin Township, Saging Region, to parents U Kyaw and Daw Nyo.
He completed B.A (Buddhism), M.A (Buddhism) and Ph.D (Magadh University).