Yathurugehuliyadda Viharaya Yathurugehuliyadda Raja Maha Viharaya Yathurugahuliyadda Viharaya (Sinhala: යතුරුගැහූලියද්ද විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple located in Mawela village in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Folklore
According to folklore, this area has been used by Prince Dutugemunu (reigned: ) for the threshing of paddy from the fields cultivated by him at Rajatalawela (Abeywardana, 2004). It is said that the Kulla (winnowing fan) thrown by the prince was fallen on this spot (Abeywardana, 2004). In the paddy farming lexicon, Kulla is called Yathura and therefore, the name of this area, Yathurugehuliyadda, may have some relation with their folklore. The temple
The present temple consists of a Stupa , an image house, a preaching hall, a Bodh-tree, and monk dwellings. Among them, the image house and the preaching hall are considered as archaeologically important monuments. The image house is thought to be a work belonging to the Kandyan Period (Wijesinghe, 2015). It has been built on an elevated platform and has …
