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Data update in progress Viharayas 17,272 Viharayas Data updated 10 September 2026
Data update in progress Bhikkus 165,310 Bhikkus Data updated 10 September 2026 Registered since 1932
Data update in progress Silmatha 3,963 Silmatha Data updated 10 September 2026
SBMs 400 SBMs
Data update in progress Aramayas 711 Aramayas Data updated 10 September 2026
Dhamma Schools 10,851 Dhamma Schools
DS Students 2.1M DS Students
DS Teachers 112,308 DS Teachers
Devalayas 39 Devalayas
Nilames 39 Nilames

Records Update Progress

Vihara 7,418 Vihara
The data reflects updates made from 03/11/2025 through 08/09/2026. දත්ත 03/11/2025 සිට 08/09/2026 දක්වා සිදු කරන ලද යාවත්කාලීන කිරීම් පිළිබිඹු කරයි. தரவு 03/11/2025 முதல் 08/09/2026 வரை செய்யப்பட்ட புதுப்பிப்புகளை பிரதிபலிக்கிறது.
Bhikku 14,668 Bhikku
The data reflects updates made from 28/10/2025 through 08/09/2026. දත්ත 28/10/2025 සිට 08/09/2026 දක්වා සිදු කරන ලද යාවත්කාලීන කිරීම් පිළිබිඹු කරයි. தரவு 28/10/2025 முதல் 08/09/2026 வரை செய்யப்பட்ட புதுப்பிப்புகளை பிரதிபலிக்கிறது.
Silmatha 1,619 Silmatha
The data reflects updates made from 16/11/2025 through 08/09/2026. දත්ත 16/11/2025 සිට 08/09/2026 දක්වා සිදු කරන ලද යාවත්කාලීන කිරීම් පිළිබිඹු කරයි. தரவு 16/11/2025 முதல் 08/09/2026 வரை செய்யப்பட்ட புதுப்பிப்புகளை பிரதிபலிக்கிறது.
Arama 746 Arama
The data reflects updates made from 03/12/2025 through 08/09/2026. දත්ත 03/12/2025 සිට 08/09/2026 දක්වා සිදු කරන ලද යාවත්කාලීන කිරීම් පිළිබිඹු කරයි. தரவு 03/12/2025 முதல் 08/09/2026 வரை செய்யப்பட்ட புதுப்பிப்புகளை பிரதிபலிக்கிறது.

The above statistics are subject to change as the data update is still in progress. Therefore, these figures should not be considered final. The database data was fetched as of 08/09/2026.

දත්ත යාවත්කාලීන කිරීම තවමත් සිදු වෙමින් පවතින බැවින් ඉහත සංඛ්‍යාලේඛන වෙනස් විය හැක. එබැවින් මෙම සංඛ්‍යා අවසාන ලෙස නොසැලකිය යුතුය. දත්ත සමුදාය 08/09/2026 වන දින ලබා ගන්නා ලදී.

தரவு புதுப்பித்தல் இன்னும் நடைபெற்று வருவதால் மேலே உள்ள புள்ளிவிவரங்கள் மாறுபடலாம். எனவே, இந்த எண்கள் இறுதியானதாக கருதப்படக் கூடாது. தரவுத்தளத் தகவல் 08/09/2026 அன்று பெறப்பட்டது.

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