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In this Burmese name Ashin is an honorific.Bhante Ashin Nyanissara (Burmese: ဉာဏိဿရ) commonly known as the Sitagu Sayadaw (သီတဂူဆရာတော်) is one of the most prominent Buddhist monks in Myanmar. He was first ordained as a novice monk in 1952 at the age of 15 and became fully ordained in 1957. He is ordained into the Shwegyin Nikaya. In 1978 he founded the Sitagu International Buddhist Missionary Center shortly after establishing a monastery in Sagaing Hills.