Tsunami Honganji Viharaya Tsunami Honganji Viharaya (Sinhala: පෑරලිය සුනාමි හොංගංජි විහාරය) is a Buddhist place of worship situated in Peraliya in Galle District, Sri Lanka. Tsunami disaster and the Honganji Vihara
On 26 December 2004, an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 9.3 occurred along Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar and Andaman Islands, and Sri Lanka was among the worst-hit countries with more than 30,000 fatalities (Sumathipala et al., 2006). Peraliya where the present Tsunami Honganji Vihara is situated was badly affected by the waves of Tsunami. It is also the place where the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with more than 1,500 fatalities, happened (Rohan et al., 2009). One year later, as a sign of rising from the disaster, a giant Buddha statue was proposed to be built at Peraliya and its construction works were begun after laying the foundation stone on 24 December 2005.
The statue was unveiled on 26 December 2006 by Rev. Otani Chojun, the president of Honganji Founda…
