Controversial sect monk Yantra Amaro has died at his California monastery at the age of 73.

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Yantra, whose layman name was Winai La-ongsuwan, died on Sunday at Sunnataram California Monastery in Escondido it was announced on the temple’s Facebook page on Monday.

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