Uduwe Dhammaloka

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Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, a popular Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka. He rose to fame from his weekly sermon programmes (bana) on TV. A critic of the government system in Sri Lanka he joined the Jathika Hela Urumaya (National Heritage Party) with a group of monks to contest the local elections in 2004 and was elected as a member of Parliament.{{cite news|author=Ranita|title=JHU MP Ven.Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero to retire from politics|work= sinhale.wordpress.com |year=2010|access-date=28 January 2010|url= http://sinhale.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/jhu-mp-ven-uduwe-dhammaloka-thero-to-retire-from-politics/ }}{{cite news|author=Ranita|title=Ministers should lead citizens towards development - Ven.Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero |work= news.lk|year=2007|access-date=17 November 2007|url= http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3986&Itemid=44 }}