Bhante Akiriye Somananda arrived in Singapore in December 2019 from Sri Lanka. Born in 1976, Venerable resides at the Buddhist Library (BL). He is assisting Venerable B. Dhammaratana in all Dhamma activities and teaches Meditation and Buddhist Studies at the postgraduate classes at the BL.

Bhante Akiriye Somananda graduated with PH.d from the University of Peradeniya and worked in Encyclopaedia of Buddhism in Sri Langka from 2018 – 2019.

Resident Monk

Buddhist Library

Ph.D, MA, BA (Special)

University of Peradeniya,