Anagarika Govinda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anagarika Govinda

Founder of a Buddhist order

Date of Birth: 17-May-1898

Place of Birth: Waldheim, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1985

Profession: writer

Nationality: Sweden, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Anagarika Govinda (born Ernst Lothar Hoffmann, 17 May 1898 – 14 January 1985) was the founder of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala and an expositor of Tibetan Buddhism, Abhidharma, and Buddhist meditation as well as other aspects of Buddhism.
He was also a painter and poet.