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.

Biography

The mahathera served as lecturer at Pajjotāyon Monastery in Myaungmya, vinayadhara and chairperson of Sangha Nayaka Committee of the nikaya of Mayangon Township, ovādācariya of Kaba Aye Pagoda, and associate head of vinaya-byan department of the nikaya. At the 19th Shwekyin Nikaya Sangha Conference held in 2015, the mahathera, alongside Madaya Thahtay Sayadaw and Sitagu Sayadaw, was appointed an upaukkaṭṭha, and upon the death of Waso Sayadaw, the 14th thathanabaing, on 14 February 2017, he became the 15th thathanabaing of the nikaya.
The mahathera was offered, by the Burmese government, the titles of Agga Mahā Ganthavācaka Paṇḍita, Agga Mahā Paṇḍita, Abhidhaja Mahā Raṭṭha Guru, Abhidhaja Agga Mahā Saddhamma Jotika in 1992, 1993, 2018 and 2021 respectively.
The mahathera died on 20 March 2022 in Yangon, at the age of 92.