The Walapane Peace Pagoda, built in 1983, is one of five Japanese Peace Pagodas in Sri Lanka, promoting peace through Buddhist architecture.
Japaneses Peace Pagoda (Walapane) P eace Pagoda >, also known as Japan Sama Cetiya (Sinhala: වලපනේ ජපන් සාම චෛත්යය) is a Japanese-styled Stupa situated in Walapane in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. It is one of the five Japan Peace Pagodas in the country. History A Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa erected to inspire peace and most of the peace pagodas in the world built since World War II (1939-1945), have been built under the guidance of the Japanese Buddhist monk Nichidatsu Fujii (1885-1985), the founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist Order. He constructed 80 of these pagodas around the world after World War II, including at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (McIntosh et al., 2019). You may want to read these posts: Peace Pagoda, Ampara Peace Pagoda, Bandarawela Peace Pagoda, Rumassala Peace Pagoda, Sri Pada The Peace Pagoda at Walapane was constructed by the Japanese in 1983 (Abeywardana, 2004). Related Posts Read Also References Books, Journal Articles 1) Abeywardana, H.A.P., 2004. Heritage of Kandurata: Major natural, cultural a…
