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සේරුවිල මංගල රජ මහා විහාරය

සේරුවිල, ,

සිරි සම්බුදු පාද පද්ම පහස ලද උතුම් භූමියක පිහිටියා සේම බෞද්ධයාගේ මාහැගි පුජනිය වෙහෙර වහන්සේ පිහිටි පිංබිමකි. මන්ද ගෞතම සම්‍යක් සම්බුදු තිලෝ අග ශාන්ති නායකයන් වහන්සේගේ විශාලම ධාතූන් වන ලලාට ධාතුන් නිදන්කොට නිර්මාණය කරණ ලද ‍‍ඓත්‍යයය රාජයානම් වහනසේගේ පිහිටිම ...

රිදී විහාරය

කුරුණෑගල, ,

ලංකාවේ අසහාය මහා ස්තූපය වශයෙන් විරුදාවලිය ලද ස්වර්ණමාලී මහා සෑ රදුන් නිර්මාණයේ දී අවශ්‍ය වූ රිදී ලෝහය සැපැයූ ස්ථානයට පූජෝපහාරයක් වශයෙන් එතැන දුටුගැමුණු රජතුමා විසින් (ක්‍රි.පු. 161 – 137 ) විහාරස්ථානයක් කරවූ බව ඉතිහාස ප්‍රවෘත්තිය යි. රුවන්වැලි සෑය ගොඩන ...

රැස්වෙහෙර

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This is a colossal statue of Buddha lying close the famous Aukana statue, but not as popular. This statue is called Ras Vehera as well as Sasseruwa (or Sas-seruwa). The height of this statue is recorded as 39 feet 3 inches but according to the chief pries ...

මාළිගාවිල බෞද්ධ ප්‍රතිමාව

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Giant free standing Buddha statue of statue Maligawila is carved out of a single limestone rock and stands about 14.5 metres high. This is the tallest free standing Buddha image in the country. This statue is thought to be done by a prince called Aggabodh ...

දඹේගොඩ බෝධිසත්ව ප්‍රතිමාව

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This is thought to be the image of the Maithree Natha Bodhisattva, sometimes known as Avalokitheswara Bodhisattva. This image is also known as Dambegoda Bodhisattva statue. Just left of the stairway to the Bodhisattva statue stands a protected inscrip ...

නවගමුව විහාරය

40/5නොයෙල් මෙන්ඩිස් මාවත, මොඩරවිල කාර්මික කලාපය, පානදුර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ,

Among the archaeologically significant sites in the Colombo District, Nawagamuwa Devale is important as a historic place of worship. Legend has it that the origin of this Pattini Devale close to the Kelani river goes back to the early Anuradhapura period. ...

යාපනය කදුරුගොඩ විහාරය

යාපනය, ,

Among the Buddhist places in Yapa Pattana (Jaffna) Kadurugoda Viharaya or Kantarodai holds an important place in Sri Lanka's history. This temple is located on the Hunugama (Chunnakam) - Minipe (Manipai) road about 02 KMs from Hunugama. The first archaeol ...

දිඹුලාගල රජමහා විහාරය

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The Dimbulagala range is said to house a number of caves cut into the rock with Brahmi inscriptions over their drip ledges as proving their antiquity. This forest hermitage of medieval times and holy abode since time immemorial, home to some of the most v ...

දඹකොළ පටුන විහාරය

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Dambakola Patuna or Jambukola Patuna is an ancient port in the north of Jaffna which was used during pre Christian times. After Arahant Mahinda brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka in 250BC, his sister, Theri Sanghamitta arrived in Sri Lanka with a Sacred Bo Sap ...

බුද්දන්ගල ආරාමය

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This Sri Lanka's oldest monastery (Buddangala) is situated in a mountain over 500 feet high. The Dagoba has been enshrined with the relics of Buddha and his two leading monks Seriyuth and Mugalan's remains. King Saddatissa (brother of Great king Dutugemun ...

බෙල්ලන්විල රජමහා විහාරය

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Miraculous and marvellous temple referred to as the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya, with a heritage of glorious history, stands out as the most historic and significant among the many temples in the island today. Situated on Dehiwala - Maharagama road about ...

අත්තනගල්ල රජමහා විහාරය

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Attanagalla Rajamaha Viharaya is one of the most famous ancient royal temples in Sri Lanka. Attanagalla Rajamaha Viharaya is the primary one among its nine subordinate temples and is situated in Western Province, Sri Lanka, 28 miles northeast of Colombo, ...

අරන්කැලේ ආශ්‍රමය

අරන්කැලේ, ,

Huge trees, creepers and stone pillars scattered around Arankele speak of an intriguing civilisation, a bygone era, while rare species of insects, found in abundance, tell of a rich, biological heritage. However, Arankele is not an old kingdom or a palace ...

අළුවිහාරේ

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In this rock-cave shelter Buddhist monks during King Valagamba’s reign wrote the Thripitaka in Pali on Ola leaves, as indicated on the cave in Sinhala. The epic reign of King Valagamba (104-77 B.C.) would go into the annals of the Buddhist literary histor ...

අකාරවිට ලේනවර රජ මහා විහාරය

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The temple is known to be the only place in the island which could boast of a natural elephant kraal. Elephant kraals were used to trap wild jumbos for domestication. There was a hint of rain in the air as we drove into the spacious garden of the Lena ...

තිස්සමහාරාමය

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The Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara is a Buddhist temple in Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. It was built in the 2nd century BC by King Kavan Tissa of Ruhuna (Southern Sri Lanka). The site was consecrated by Lord Buddha himself, who spent some time in meditation ...

ථූපරාමය

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Thuparama is a Dagoba in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is one of the Buddhist sacred places of veneration in Anuradhapura. Thera Mahinda, an envoy sent by King Ashoka himself introduced Theravada Buddhism and also Chetiya worship to Sri Lanka. At his reques ...

සේල චෛත්‍ය

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Sela Chetiya got its name as it was built on a rock (Shaila). This has been identified as the Maha Seya of the Mihintale complex. It was built by King Mahadathika Mahanaga (7-9 AD) also known as Makalantissa, enshrining the Buddha’s Sacred Hair Relic betw ...

ශ්‍රී මහ බෝධිය

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Sri Maha Bodhiya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is the oldest living tree in documented history of the world. Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is a sapling from the historical Bodhi tree under which Buddha enlightened. It ...

රුවන්වැලිසෑය

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Ruwanweliseya Dagoba is considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and sacred to Buddhists all over the world. It was built by King Dutugemunu, who united Sri Lanka after defeating Chola King Elara. This Dagoba was known as Mahathupa, Swarnamali ...

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