U Pannya Jota Mahathera

Ven. U Pannya Jota Mahathera (Burmese: ဦးပညာဇောတမဟာထေရ်, Bengali: উ পঞ্ঞা জোত মহাথের; 22 December 1955 – 13 April 2020), locally known as Guru Bhante was a Theravada monk in Bangladesh. He was born in Royal Bohmong family[1] at Bandarban, Bangladesh. He worked for the Bangladesh Government as Judge and Magistrate for about eight years. He later became a Theravada Buddhist monk. He was the founder of Buddha Dhatu Jadi.

He died on 13 April 2020 of cardiac arrest, aged 64.[2]