BSS, Chattogram :
The elderly Buddhist monk and high priest of Moheskhali Saikat Buddhist Monastery Venerable Tejapriya Mohastavira died of old age complications at a city hospital this afternoon.
He was 89, hospital sources said. Venerable Tejapriya, a founder of many religious and philanthropic organisations, had been suffering from various diseases for long.
The death of the elderly religious leader cast a pall of gloom in the Buddhist community. Leaders of Bangladesh Sangaraj Bhikkhu Mohasava inclu-ding its senior Vice President Venerable Shas-anapriya Mohastavira and Secretary General S.Lok-ojit Thero and a large number of devotees thronged to the city’s Max hospital to pay homage to their religious leader. The mortal remains were taken to his hermitage at Moheskhali Saikat Buddhist monastery tonight.
