Fa Hien Cave , also known as Fa-Hien Lena Cave , Pahiyangala Lena , Fahiyanlena (Sinhala: පාහියන්ගල ලෙන), is a prehistoric cave situated in Yatagampitiya village in Bulathsinhala, Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. Named after the Chinese Buddhist m…
Baddhasima Prasada (Sinhala: බද්ධසීමා ප්රාසාදය) Baddaseema Prasada is a Uposathaghara (the chapter house) situated in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. This is considered the largest Uposathaghara in Sri Lanka. History Baddha…
Sri Sugatharama Viharaya (Sinhala: තිබ්බොටුගොඩ සුගතාරාම විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in the village of Thibbotugoda in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. Image house The image house is the main attraction of this temple with an arc…
Welipillewa Purana Viharaya or Welipillewa Sri Maha Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: වැලිපිල්ලෑව පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple in Welipillewa village near Ganemulla in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. Image house The image house is the main att…
Pethiyagoda Paramartha Dharmakara Piriven Viharaya (Sinhala: පෙතියාගොඩ පරමාර්ථ ධර්මාකර පිරිවෙන් විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kelaniya, Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. History The history of Pethiyagoda Viharaya runs back to the 1…
Kalpitiya Fort is an old Dutch fort situated in Kalpitiya, Puttalam District, Sri Lanka. History The history of the Kalpitiya Fort runs back to the 17th century. The fort was built by the Dutch when they control most of the coastal areas of…
Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Viharaya (also known as Degaldoruwa cave temple ) (Sinhala: දෙගල්දෝරුව රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Amunugama in Sirimalwatta, Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History This temple is said to be established …
Panduwasnuwara Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Pandukabhaya Pirivena (Sinhala: පඬුවස්නුවර රජ මහා විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in the Ancient City of Panduwasnuwara in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History The temple is situate…
Pusulpitiya Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පුසුල්පිටිය විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kotmale in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. History The Mahabodhivamsa mentions Pusulpitiya as one of the 32 places where the saplings of Sri …
Not to be confused with Wattaramtenna Purvarama Viharaya Vattarama Sri Arahanta Maliyadeva Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: වට්ටාරම ශ්රී අරහන්ත මලියදේව විහාරය) Wattarama Maliyadeva Viharaya is a Buddhist temple situated in Wattarama in Kegalle Di…
This is a vaulted (Gedige) image house located in the citadel of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. History This building is identified as an image house of Buddhist tradition but presently, no evidence of the image of the Buddha is available. Also, t…
Vatadage , lit: Circular Relic-House (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව වටදාගෙය), is a ruined circular-shaped building located in the Puja Chathurasraya (the Sacred Quadrangle) premises in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. History Since chroni…
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