Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera

Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera අතිපූජ්‍යය අඹගහවත්තේ ඉන්ද්‍රාසභවර ඤාණසාමි මහා ථේර
Most Ven. Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera (1832-1886)
Religion	Buddhism
School	Theravada
Lineage	Ramanna Nikaya
Dharma names	Saranankara Indrasabhawara Gnanasami
Personal
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Born	16 November 1832 Ambagahawatta, Akmeemana, Sri Lanka
Died	29 January 1886 (aged 54)
Parents	Don Mathes de Silva Madanayake and Indipola Walawwage Jenohamy
Senior posting
Title	Sasanawansa Kawidhaja, Sirisaddhammacariya, Yati Sanghapati, Indrasabhawara Gnanasami, 1st Maha Nayaka Thera (Ramanna Nikaya)
Successor	Most Ven. Deepegoda Saddhammawara Jotipala Silakkhandha Maha Thera
Religious career
Teacher	Most Ven. Akmeemana Sobhitha Maha Thera & Most Ven. Benthota Atthadassi Maha Thera, Most Ven. Neyyadhamamunivara Sangharaja Maha Thera
Ordination	1861 in Burma

Saranankara

Most Ven. Akmeemana Sobhitha Maha Thera & Most Ven. Benthota Atthadassi Maha Thera,

Most Ven. Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera (Sinhalese: අතිපූජ්‍ය අඹගහවත්තේ ඉන්ද්‍රාසභවර ඤාණසාමි මහා ථේර) was the founder of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya and Sri Dharmagupta Pirivena of Mūla Maha Viharaya ,Payagala, Kalutara. He was the first Maha Nayaka Thera of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya.