Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Sri Sudharmarama Purana Viharaya, Obada Ella

Sri Sudharmarama Purana Viharaya, Obada Ella, Sri Lanka
Sri Sudharmarama Purana Viharaya is a Buddhist temple situated in Obada Ella village in Bandarawela, Sri Lanka. It can be reached by travelling about 3.5 km along Diyathalawa road from Bandarawela town.

The image house
The image house of Obada Ella temple is believed to be built in 1880 (Priyadarshani & Gunasena, 2017). The paintings adorning the inner walls of the image house and the Makara Thorana (the Dragon Arch) show artistic features belonging to the Kandyan Period.

A protected monument
The old image house of Obadaella temple is a protected archaeological monument, declared by a Gazette notification published on 6 June 2008.

The Bodhi tree Paintings in the old image house Paintings in the old image house A Buddha statue
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References
1) Priyadarshani, S. A. N.; Gunasena, I. P. P., 2017. Pauranika Sthana Saha Smaraka: Badulla Distrikkaya (In Sinhala). Department of Archaeology (Sri Lanka). ISBN: 955-9159-48-8. p. 52.
2) The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, no: 1553, 6 June 2008. p. 530.

Location Map
This page was last updated on 25 June 2021
For a complete tourist map follow this link: Lankapradeepa Tourist Map

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