Buduruwagala | Temple of Mahayana Buddha Not to be confused with Buduruwayaya Buduruwagala (Sinhala: බුදුරුවගල; Tamil: புதுருவகல) is an ancient Buddhist monastery complex situated in Monaragala District in Sri Lanka. The temple is located about 2.5 km far from the Buduruwagala junction on Wellawaya-Thissamaharama main road . The monastery complex
Buduruwagala is a protected archaeological reserve consisting of two sites (Nimal, 2011). The first site, located adjacent to the Buduruwagala Wewa, is a ruined monastery complex. It contains a Stupa , remnants of a boundary wall, and several other buildings. The second site contains the famous Mahayana sculptures carved on the Buduruwagala rock which is located about 0.5 km far from the first site. Buduruwagala sculptures A group of colossal figures is found cut on the face of the Buduruwagala rock. There are seven figures sculptured in a bas-relief manner and the size of them is comparable to that of the Buddha statues at Avukana and Sesseruwa (Nicholas, 1963). Among the seven statues, …
