Kalotuwawa Tempita Viharaya

Kalotuwawa Tempita Viharaya (Sinhala: කලෝටුවාව ටැම්පිට විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Hataraliyedda in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History The history of Kalotuwawa temple runs back to the reign of King Sri Vikrama Rajasingha (1798-1815 A.D.), the last king of Sri Lanka (Silva & Chandrasekara, 2021; Wijayawardhana, 2010). During this period, two village headmen named Kalotuwawe Gamarala and Godagale Gamarala constructed the Tempita Viharaya of this temple (Silva & Chandrasekara, 2021). The monks' dwelling is said to have been built in the 1840s (Wijayawardhana, 2010). The name Kalotuwawa is seemed to have evolved from a small fortress called Kala-Kotuwa, which had been used for surveillance over the Colombo-Kandy road during the Kandyan Period (Silva & Chandrasekara, 2021).  Tempita Viharaya Tempita Viharas were a popular aspect of many Buddhist temples during the Kandyan period. These structures were usually built on a wooden platform resting on bare stone pillars…