Veheragala Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue which is now preserved in Colombo National Museum is considered a masterpiece sculpture in Sri Lanka.
Veheragala Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue V eheragala Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue (Sinhala: වෙහෙරගල අවලෝකිතේශ්වර බෝධිසත්ත්ව ප්රථිමාව) is currently on display in the Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka (Prematilaka & Hewage, 2018). It is considered one of the masterpiece sculptures of the world (Chandrajeewa, 2016; Prematilaka & Hewage, 2018). Discovery The statue was discovered in 1968 along with a group of Buddhist images ( Standing Buddha Statue , Seated Buddha Statue etc.) among the ruins of an ancient building in the precincts of Siri Sangabodhi Viharaya in Veheragala in Anuradhapura District by the then chief incumbent of the temple, Mahamessalave Rathanapala Thera (Chandrajeewa, 2016; Chutiwongs et al., 2007). It was later brought to the present location for conservation. This statue along with some other 51 bronzes was taken away from the Colombo Museum in 1991 and was on display till 1993 in several museums around the world including France, Switzerland, the United States, and Australia (Chandrajeewa, 201…
