Madanwala Raja Maha Viharaya
Photo credit: Google street view Madanwala Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: මාදන්වල රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Madanwala village near Hanguranketha in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka.
. History The history of this temple runs back to the Period of Dambadeniya (Abeyawardana, 2004; Withanachchi, 2018). A broken stone pillar containing an inscription of the 9-10th century A.D. have been placed along with other rocky antiquities close to the cave of the temple. Madanwala Pillar Inscription Period: 9-10th centuries A.D. Script: Medieval Sinhala Language: Medieval Sinhala Content: This records about a person named Sena, a caretaker of the royal bedroom and another person from the Elahera Kadawat area. It is mentioned that jungles were being cleared for preparing paddy fields for consumption and therefore, personal stock of cattle should be protected by the owners. (Since only a part of the inscription remains today, it is difficult to extract the whole …
