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Sister Uppalavanna (Else Buchholtz) was a German violinist who converted to Buddhism becoming the first European Buddhist nun. She lived as an ascetic in Sri Lanka from 1926 until her death.

birth date
1886-02-11
birth place
Hamburg
death date
1982-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Sri Lanka, Colombo
nationality
Germans

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