Anagarika Munindra

[4] Anagarika simply means a practicing Buddhist who leads a nomadic life without attachment in order to focus on the Dhamma.

[1] He was an active member of the Maha Bodhi Society[1] whose purpose was the resuscitation of Buddhism in India and the restoration of ancient Buddhist shrines there.

Munindra was the superintendent of the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya from 1953 to 1957,[1] the first Buddhist to hold this position in modern times.

While in Burma he also studied the Pāli Canon thoroughly,[5] before returning to India, where he taught vipassana for many years in Bodh Gaya.

[12][11] He spent the last part of his life living at the Vipassana Research Institute's main meditation centre, Dhamma Giri, at the village of Igatpuri, India, as a guest of his close friend S. N.