Luongphaw Ajar Tala Uttama

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1st Mon Buddhist Priest of Wat Wiwekaram, Thailand
Rev. Luongphaw Uttama


Died	October 18, 2006 Bangkok, Thailand
Nationality	Burmese-Thai Dual citizen^[1]

Reverend Luongphaw Ajar Tala Uttama, a Mon Buddhist monk (1910 — 18 October 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand) was originally a Burmese citizen and later fled to Thailand and became one of Thailand's most admired and revered persons.

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[edit] Biography

Rev. Uttama was born in Mawkanin of Ye Township in southern Myanmar. He fled to Thailand in 1948, avoiding vital abuse during civil war conflict in Burma. He later developed the area of Wengka, located near the Burmese-Thailand border and settled in Thailand.

He was known and revered by civilians of Burmese and Thai for his profound and intensive Buddhist teachings and industrious meditation. He founded Wat Wang Wiwekaram Temple, in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand and gave shelter to Mon refugees who fled from Burma. In 1997, he paid a formal visit to homeland, Myanmar, visited Yangon (Rangoon() and was honoured Aga-Maha-Pandita Title by Khin Nyunt, the then Burmese Prime Minister.

His prosperity integrated in Thailand reaching to the regards of the Royal Thai family. He was hospitalised by the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit and was paid a tribute on his funeral by the current Premier of Thailand, General Surayud Chulanont.