Danthure Viharaya is a Buddhist temple situated in Danture village. The area where the present temple stands is known as Danthapura in ancient times.
Danthure Raja Maha Viharaya Danthure Purana Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: දන්තුරේ රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Danture village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History The area where the present temple stands is known as Danthapura in ancient times (Abeyawardana, 2004). There is a tradition that at one time the Tooth Relic of the Buddha rested at Danthure and that locality was gifted to Prince Dantha who brought the sacred relic to Sri Lanka during the reign of King Kithsirimewan [(304-332 A.D.) Abeyawardana, 2004; Lawrie, 1986]. It is said Prince Dantha and Princess Hemamala had stayed here for seven weeks before they left for Anuradhapura (De Silva & Chandrasekara, 2009). To honour this event, King Kitsirimewan constructed a temple at this site and bestowed it on Buddhist monks (De Silva & Chandrasekara, 2009). Early in the 19th century, a monk named Danture Samanera Unnanse was the incumbent of this temple and after he quit the order, Mawathagama Nayaka Unnanse became the incumbent in about…
