The birthplace of Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera, a key figure in Sri Lanka's Buddhist revival, is a Dutch-style house near Hettigoda Sumangalaramaya.
Birthplace of Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera
Photo credit: Google street view The Birthplace of Rev. Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera (Sinhala: හික්කඩුවේ ශ්රී සුමංගල හිමි උපන්ගෙය) is located in Hettigoda village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera (20 January 1827 – 29 April 1911) was a renowned Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, who is considered as one of the pioneers of the Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist movement in the 19th century. He was also the founder of Maligakanda Vidyodaya Pirivena (1873), a Buddhist learning institute that was raised to the standard of a university in 1958 (Abeyawardana, 2004). The house of the birth The house where the Sri Sumangala Thera was born is situated near Hettigoda Sri Sumangalarama Viharaya in 55 D Wellawatta Grama Niladari Division of Hikkaduwa Divisional Secretariat Division (Ranchagoda, 2015). It is a 9-cubit building with a small verandah in front (Abeyawardana, 2004; Ranchagoda, 2015). The roof of the verandah is held by four pillars made of woo…
