Buddhist Railing at Jetavanaramaya Buddhist Railing (Sinhala: ජේතවනාරාම බෞද්ධ ගරාදි වැට) is a ruined building associated with a stone fence located in the ancient monastery premises of Jetavanaramaya in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. It lies near the backyard of the Jetavanarama Museum . History The period or the builder of this structure is not known. Some scholars identify this as an image house while others as a Bodhighara [(Bodhi tree shrine) Jayasuriya, 2016]. According to Mahavamsa, there had been a Bodhighara in Jetevanarama monastery during the periods of King Aggabodhi II (608-618 A.D.) and King Dappula II (815-831 A.D.). Dappula II is said to have presented a gold Buddha image to that shrine (Nicholas, 1963; Wikramagamage, 2004). The building
This is a rectangular building of about 43 m long and 34 m wide and enclosed by a 1.6 m high stone fence known as the "Buddhist Railing". It has four entrances (one at the centre of each side) oriented to the four cardinal points. There are a few pillars at on…
