Major General Ananda G. Weerasekara, RWP, USP (29 April 1943 – 28 December 2021) was a Sri Lankan military officer and monk. He served as the Military Coordinating Officer of the North Central Province during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection and Commissioner General for Rehabilitation. On 1 May 2007, he entered the Buddhist Order by the name of Buddangala Ananda. Ven. Buddangala Ananda Thera passed away on 28 December 2021, at the age of 78.