Mahamevnawa is an organization of monasteries established for the sake of spiritual development of human beings through the teachings of the Sakyamuni Buddha who was born in 500 B.C. With the unblemished intention of spreading the unaltered noble truth of the ultimate happiness to the international community, Mahamevnawa branch in California, located in Riverside County, was established on August 29, 2010 under the guidance of most Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero - the founder of Mahamevnawa Monasteries.