Weligama Agrabodhi Viharaya Weligama Agrabodhi Viharaya (Sinhala: වැලිගම අග්රබෝධි විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Weligama in Matara District, Sri Lanka. The famous Kushtarajagala is located near this temple. History There is a reference to this temple in Sinhala Bodhivamsa (Abeyawardana, 2004; Samanthi, 1999; Wikramaratne, 2015). It says that the very first sapling out of the first 32 saplings of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree at Anuradhapura was planted on this temple premises (Abeyawardana, 2004; Wikramaratne, 2015). As it is the first Bodhi tree sapling, the temple is said to have been known by the name Agrabodhi Viharaya (Wikramaratne, 2015). However, according to another view, this temple is called by that name because of the belief that this temple was built under the patronage of King Aggabodhi IV [(667-683 A.D.) Abeyawardana, 2004]. A verse written by a monk from Aggrabodhi (Agbo) of Weligama has been found among the graffiti in Sigiriya (Abeyawardana, 2004). Chronicles reveal that a Pirivena or a …
