Hanguranketha Vishnu Devalaya
Hanguranketha Vishnu Devalaya & old Jackfruit tree (Photo credit: Anuradha Piyadasa, Google Street View) Hanguranketha Vishnu Devalaya (Sinhala: හඟුරන්කෙත විෂ්ණු දේවාලය) is a Devalaya Shrine situated opposite the Potgul Viharaya in Hanguranketha in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. It has been dedicated to the God Vishnu, one of the deities of the Sri Lankan Buddhist pantheon. History Although the establishment date of this edifice is not known, there is evidence to prove that this Devalaya existed during the reign of King Rajasingha II [(1635-1687 A.D.) Abeywardana, 2004; Wijesinghe, 2015]. It later received the patronage of several kings of the Kandyan Kingdom including Vimaladharmasuriya II (1687-1707 A.D.) and Kirti Sri Rajasingha [(1747-1782 A.D.) Abeywardana, 2004; Wijesinghe, 2015]. However, according to some sources, this shrine was erected during the reign of King Sri Vira Parakrama Narendrasinha [(1707-1739 A.D.) Seneviratna, 1983] During the 1818 Uva–Wellassa uprising perio…