Anagarika Dharmapala founds the Maha Bodhi Society in Colombo to recover Bodh Gaya for Buddhists and to revive Buddhism in India and the West; the Society becomes the engine of the modern Buddhist revival and of Buddhism's new international voice.
The Event
- Date
- 1891 (exact)
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Buddhist history
- Location
- Colombo; today Sri Lanka
- Traditions
- Buddhism
- Streams
- Theravada
- Key figures
- Anagarika Dharmapala
Primary Sources
- The Maha Bodhi journal (founded 1892)
Secondary Sources
- Gombrich, Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (Routledge, 2nd ed. 2006)
- Snelling, The Buddhist Handbook (Inner Traditions, 1998)
Provenance: HIST-0430; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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