State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee

State Saṅgha Mahā Nāyaka Committee
နိုင်ငံတော် သံဃာ့မဟာနာယကအဖွဲ့ (မဟန)
Council overview
Formed24 May 1980 (1980-05-24)
Preceding council
TypeCommittee
JurisdictionSangha of Myanmar
HeadquartersKaba Aye Hill, Yangon, Myanmar
16°51′29″N 96°09′15″E / 16.85798°N 96.15422°E / 16.85798; 96.15422
Council executive
  • Bhaddanta Candimābhivaṃsa (Thanlyin Mingyaung Sayadaw), Chairperson
  • Bhaddanta Vasitthabhivaṃsa, Secretary
Parent departmentMinistry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar)
Websitewww.mahana.org.mm

The State Saṅgha Mahā Nāyaka Committee (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော် သံဃာ့မဟာနာယကအဖွဲ့, abbreviated Mahana or မဟန in Burmese, SSMNC in English) is a government-appointed body of high-ranking Buddhist monks that oversees and regulates the Sangha (Buddhist clergy) in Burma (Myanmar). That committee real style is "Supreme Sangha Council of Myanmar".

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