Seelawathi Pabbatha Viharaya
. Seelawathi Pabbatha Viharaya , also known as Seelawathi Parvata Viharaya or Seelawathi Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: සීලවතී විහාරය), Seelavathi Viharaya is a Buddhist temple situated near Mulkirigala Raja Maha Viharaya in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. History The history of the Seelawathi temple is obscure as there is no exact literary evidence for the confirmation of its earliest phase of construction. F. Lewis who published a brief account regarding this site in the " Journal of the Ceylon Branch of Royal Asiatic Society (Vol. XXX) " in 1926 mentions a worn rock inscription written in ancient letters (Lewis, 1926). As mentioned by Lewis, there was a fraction between the monks of Seelawathigala Viharaya and the nearby Mulkirigala Viharaya as they belonged to two different sects (Lewis, 1926). As a result of this, Seelawathi gradually became a place of neglect and later remained in a condition of disrepair (Lewis, 1926). When Lewis visited the site in 1926, a monk from Siam (pres…