Hiriwadunna Viharaya is a Buddhist temple in Hiriwadunna village. Several ruins belonging to the Anuradhapura period are found on the temple premises.
Hiriwadunna Viharaya H iriwadunna Viharaya , also known as Hiriwadunna Sri Bodhiraja Aranya Senasanaya (Sinhala: හිරිවඩුන්න විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Hiriwadunna village in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History Several ruins of ancient structures belonging to the Anuradhapura Period are found scattered in the temple premises. The ancient Hiriwadunna Wewa built by King Vasabha (67-111 A.D.) is located near the temple site. Distortion of the Historical Facts The temple recently gained the public's attention when a group of people tried to promote the Bodhi tree on this site as the place where the Buddha attained enlightenment. They showed a stone artefact that partially emerged through the roots of the Bodhi tree as the Vajrasana of the Buddha on which he had sat while attaining enlightenment. You may want to read this post : Isinbessagala Viharaya However, this misleading propaganda was heavily criticized by the country's archaeologists and historians who finally proved through excavati…
