{"id":505,"date":"2025-11-25T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/?page_id=505"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:32:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MBMS\/Ashin Kelatha Vihara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Myanmar Buddhist Meditation Society was founded in 1992 by the late Venerable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ashin_kelasa.pdf\">Sayadaw Ashin Kelatha<\/a>.&nbsp; The association&nbsp;is registered as a non- profit        organization under the IRS Code Section 501 (c) (3). The Society purchased the present property situated at 9711 Old Court Road, Windsor Mill, Baltimore County, State of Maryland in March 1997 and named it the Ashin Kelatha Vihara. The property consisted of a single residential dwelling and 6.6 acres of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_E4681.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_E4681-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_E4681-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_E4681-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_E4681-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kelathavihara.org\/kv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_E4681.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p 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