Niyadawane Raja Maha Viharaya

Niyadawane Raja Maha Viharaya Niyadavane Viharaya (Sinhala: නියදවනේ රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Niyadawane village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History It can be identified that this temple had been developed from the Anuradhapura Period to the Kandyan Period (Mendis et al., 2019). There are two Len Viharas (cave temples) on the temple premises and they preserve a valuable collection of paintings and sculptures of the Kandyan art tradition (Mendis et al., 2019). As mentioned on one of the walls in the first cave, the paintings in that cave have been done in 2449 B.E. [(1905 A.D.) Mendis et al., 2019]. Text: ශ්‍රී බුද්ධ වර්ෂයෙන් දෙදාසැ හරසිය හතලිස් නවයේදී ය. ගල්කන්දේගොම විසී ජයසිංහ පටබැන්දා විසින් නිම කලායග Translation: It is in 2449 Buddhist year. Completed by Galkandegoma Visi Jayasinha Patabenda. Also, as revealed by a note in the second cave, the three sculptures in that cave have been done in 2464 B.E. (1920 A.D.) by a Buddhist monk named Saranankara with gett…