His paternal grandfather was a scholar well versed in the art of Varma ati (Tamil: வர்மக்கலை) of Siddha Marma science.
The Bandaban Golden Temple belongs to the Theravada Buddhism order, which is practiced by the Marma tribal people, a dominant ethnic group of Bandarban.
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The ethnic population of the town belongs mostly to Marma, a tribal group of the Chittagong hill region on the eastern end of the country, also known as Magh.
Marma therapy and Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis are not taught there, but due to the rich environment of other scholars, teachers of these adjunct sciences are to be found.
Arakanese descendants living in present-day Bangladesh are known as Magh or Marma people.
Most of the Buddhists of Chittagong Hill Tracts belong to the Chakma, Chak, Marma, Tanchungya and the Khyang, who since time immemorial have practiced Buddhism.
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