Madukanda Viharaya Madukanda Sri Dalada Viharaya (Sinhala: මඩුකන්ද ශ්රී දළදා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated near Madukanda Wewa in Madukanda village in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka. History Although the reliability is low, locals believe that Princess Hemamali and Prince Dantha used this temple site as a stopover while transporting the Tooth Relic of the Buddha ( Dalada relic) from Lankapatuna Port to Anuradhapura during the reign of King Kitsirimeghavanna [(301-328 A.D.) Haramoto et al., 2015; Medhananda, 2003]. The site The site consists of the ruins of an ancient monastery. A pair of guard stones with the relief of Nagajara, a heavily damaged Buddha image, and a urinal that was used by monks are found within the premises. A pair of guard stones with the design of Purnaghata (filled-pot) and a Siri Pathul Gal (stone-carved footprints of the Buddha) which were unearthed from this site are presently on the display at Vavuniya Archaeological Museum (Haramoto et al., 2015). A protected site The ruins of …
