Kithulpe Ranpathge Purana Rajamaha Viharaya (Sinhala: කිතුල්පේ රන්පත්ගේ පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kithulpe village in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka.
An old Bodhi tree, a Stupa and an image house are found in the temple premises (Wijesinghe, 2015). Of them, the image house preserves a valuable collection of sculptures and murals of the ancient Kandyan art tradition. The Buddhist year 2458 [the Saka year 1837 (1915 A.D.)] which is mentioned above the entrance door of the image house is most likely the year it was built.
The sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha is said to have been kept safely at this temple during the Kandyan Period (Wijesinghe, 2015).
References
1) Wijesinghe, T.K., 2015. Pauranika Sthana
Saha Smaraka: Nuwara Eliya Distrikkaya (In Sinhala). Department of
Archaeology (Sri Lanka). ISBN: 955-9159-36-4. pp.38-40.
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