Alawatura Ganegoda Viharaya Alawatura Ganegoda Viharaya Alawathura Ganegoda Temple (Sinhala: අලවතුර ගණේගොඩ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Alawathura village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka.
It is the only rock-cut Buddhist temple found in the district. History Dharmakirthi Sthavira, the builder of Gadaladeniya Viharaya (14th century) is said to have lived at Alawatura Viharaya before he moved over to Gampola (De Silva,
1990). Contemporary literary works such as Saddharma Ratnakaraya and Parami Satakaya mention that Dharmakirthi Sthavira was involved in religious works at Sri Dhanyakataka (India), Alawatura and Gadaladeniya (De Silva,
1990). The temple is mentioned in the " Nampotha ", an ancient Sinhalese text that lists the principal Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka during the 15th century ( Bell, 1904). The cave temple As in the case of Ridi Viharaya , the cave temple at Alawatura Viharaya has also been erected on a stone-faced platform built against an overhanging cliff (De Silva,
1990). It has m…
