Indikatu Seya is a ruined Buddhist Stupa in Mihintale monastery. It was built by enshrining the needles used by the Arhats of the monastery.
Indikatu Seya (Mihintale) I ndikatu Seya (Sinhala: මිහින්තලය ඉඳිකටුසෑය) is a ruined Buddhist Stupa located in the ancient monastery complex of Mihintale in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History The builder of this Stupa has yet to be discovered. However, folklore says that the Stupa at this monastery was built by enshrining the needles used to stitch the robes by the Arhats of Mihintale. Scholars have tended to believe that this Stupa is a work of the 8-9th centuries A.D. A large number of copper plates containing a Sanskrit inscription of the 8-9 centuries A.D., two copper coins of the Polonnaruwa Period , some South Indian coins, a Setu coin, and four-petalled lotus of copper have been recovered from the inner chambers of this Stupa (Dhammaratana, 2000; Paranavitana, 1933). The discovery of late South Indian coins inside a casket of this Stupa indicated that this monument has been restored at a recent date, probably during the Kandyan Period (Paranavitana, 1933). The Stupa The Indikatu Seya Stupa which depicts …
