In Memoriam: the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand
His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand (Suvaddhana Mahâthera) whose birth name is Charoen Gajavatra was born in Kanchanaburi Province, on October 3, 1913.
His Holiness was ordained as a novice when he was 14 years old at Wat Devasangharam in Kanchanaburi. Then he enrolled for Dhamma study at Wat Bovoranives Vihara until he aged fully for the monkhood.