# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/migettuwatte-gunananda-thera
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:39:51.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/migettuwatte-gunananda-thera"
name: "Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera"
slug: "migettuwatte-gunananda-thera"
description: "Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera or Mohottiwatte Gunananda Thera was a Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist orator. He is known for leading the Buddhist side in debates between Buddhists and Christians in Baddegama, Udanwita, Waragoda, Liyanagemulla, Gampola, and Panadura, where the most famous of the debates took place. As a result of the debates, Buddhism in Sri Lanka saw a revival."
tagline: "Sri Lankan Buddhist orator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Venerable_Migettuwatte_Gunananda_Thera_(1823-1890).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1823-02-09"
deathDate: "1890-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.41
  momentum:             5.581947743467935
  historical:           4.423616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migettuwatte_Gunananda_Thera"
    title: "Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera"
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  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migettuwatte_Gunananda_Thera"
    title: "Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "මිගෙට්ටුවත්තේ ගුණානන්ද හිමි"
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  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "พระคุณานันทเถระ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6396988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump