Kalutara Pulinatalarama Viharaya (Photo credit: H.T. Brehmer, Google Street View)
Pulinatalarama Viharaya (Sinhala: උතුරු කළුතර පුලිනතලාරාම විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kalutara-North, Sri Lanka.
History
According to locals, the history of Pulinatalarama Viharaya goes back to the early part of the 18th century. The Stupa of this temple has been constructed in 1872. A few paintings done by the renowned painter M. Sarlis (1875 - 1955) are found in the image house.
A protected site
The ancient Buddha shrine of the Pulinathalarama Viharaya in the Grama Niladhari Division Kalutara North, in the Kalutara Divisional Secretary’s Division is an archaeological protected monument, declared by a government gazette notification published on 22 November 2002.
References
1) The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. No: 1264. 22 November 2002.
Location Map
This page was last updated on 7 February 2023
