Padeniya Raja Maha Viharaya

Padeniya Raja Maha Viharaya

Padeniya Raja Maha Viharaya (Photo credit: Amila Ishantha, Google Street View) Padeniya Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පාදෙණිය රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Padeniya in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History The image house,  Potgula (library) and preaching hall of Padeniya temple were constructed by Megastenne Adikaram during the reign of King Kirti Sri Rajasinha [(1747-1782 A.D.) De Silva & Chandrasekara, 2009]. Of them, the  Potgula  (library) building is considered one of the oldest structures in the temple (De Silva & Chandrasekara, 2009). A protected site The Potgula (library), image house and other ancient buildings located in the Padeniya Vihara premises situated in the Wariyapola Divisional Secretary’s Division are  archaeological protected monuments, declared by three government gazette notifications published on 18 September 1964, 8 September 1967 and 7 September 1979. See also #) Paramakanda Viharaya References 1) De Silva, N.; Chandrasekara, D.P., 2009. Heritag…