The Taunggwin Sayadaw U Visuddha Silacaraha (တောင်ခွင်ဆရာတော် ဦးဝိသုဒ္ဓ သီလာစာရဟာ) was the last Buddhist monk to hold the office as Thathanabaing of Burma.

[1][2] Visuddha was born Maung Hlut (မောင်လွှတ်) on 13 November 1844 in Amarapura to a prominent Burmese family.

His father, U Po, was a Burmese official and son of a Sitke (Deputy Commander-in-Chief), while his mother Me Shwe Wa, was the daughter of a high-ranking minister, the Kyauksauk Mingyi, Maha Thihathu.

[3] At the age of 25, he relocated to Mandalay and placed himself under the mentorship of the Maungdaung Sayadaw, a reputed scholar on the Vinaya.

[7] He was formally installed to his office on 13 November 1903, at a darbar held at the Thudhamma Zayat in Mandalay.