Vipashyaramaya (Maharagama) Vipashyaramaya , also known as Puwakpitiya Temple (Sinhala: මහරගම විපශ්යාරාමය, පුවක්පිටිය විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Maharagama in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. History This temple is said to have been established by a Buddhist monk named Bogoda Vipassi Thera during the period of the 1818 Uva-Wellassa rebellion (Rajapakshe et al., 2018). The image house The old image house is the main attraction of this temple with archaeological value. It consists of two parts; the inner section and the outer section (Rajapakshe et al., 2018). The outer section can be entered through two entrances and another two entrances have been provided after them in order to enter into the inner section. The front wall of the inner section has been decorated with paintings and sculptures belonging to the low-country style of the latter Kandyan Period (Rajapakshe et al., 2018). In the inner section, three seated and two standing Buddha statues are found. A protected site The old Vihara-geya (image house…
