Wikipedia's article on Anagarika Dharmapala, community-edited. States his 1891 founding of the Maha Bodhi Society in Colombo, prompted by a pilgrimage that same year to the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, which he found under non-Buddhist control with Buddhists barred from worship there, launching an international campaign for its restoration to Buddhist control that marks the point the Sri Lankan revival's own leadership turned outward.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagarika_Dharmapala
Source Typereference
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used only for the 1891 Maha Bodhi Society founding date, which closes this event's span, stated plainly in the article's own text. NotesUsed for the 1891 close of this event's span, when Dharmapala's own activism turned to an international campaign.
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This source names Anagarika Dharmapala directly: "Wikipedia's article on Anagarika Dharmapala, community-edited."
This source names Bodh Gaya directly: "same year to the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, which he found under non-Buddhist control with Buddhists barred from worship there, launching an international campaign for its restoration to..."
This source names Maha Bodhi Society directly: "States his 1891 founding of the Maha Bodhi Society in Colombo, prompted by a pilgrimage that same year to the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, which he found under non-Buddhist control with Buddhists..."
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