The wipe of hewa itharanage don caroli ,a wealthy basinessman dellveed a son on sundar september 17, 1864. the new dorn child was named david dharmapala it was the vogue those days of the nigh class sinalese families to name their childrenby christion names instead of using pleasant local names. this child who was brought up like any ther normal child decame anagarika at the age of 17, 1864. anagarika irl sinhalese , means a person who has givn up all desires of home life . th cnce porthne began to work for the upliftment of the sinhalese andbaddhism.ven.hikkaduwe sri sunananda were his ciosst associates . in 1880, whenne was onlya youth of 16 yars , dnarmapala received the opportanity of melena blavatsky they werae the founders of the theosophical movement in new york in the year 1895. he was a junior elerk in the education department when in 1886 ne fally resolved to dedicate his life for the benepit of baddnism and later he became the aeneral secrctary of the buddhist section of the buddhlhst theosophical society in colombo he was the manager of the journal sandaresa tooin 1891, whenhe visited india he happened to see the miserable condition of the buddhagaya the birth place of lord buddha this tempt







