Kiralagala is a ruined Buddhist monastery from the Anuradhapura period, featuring a stupa, pond, image houses, and inscriptions over a 12-acre area.
Kiralagala Archaeological Site K iralagala Archaeological Site (Sinhala: කිරලගල පුරාවිද්යා ස්ථානය) is a ruined Buddhist monastery situated on the wayside of Medawachchiya-Horowpathana road, about 6.8 km distance from Horowpothana town. The site is known in ancient times as Veherabendigala (IEE, 2019). The monastery complex consists of the ruins of an ancient forest monastery belonging to the early Anuradhapura Period (IEE, 2019). The ruins include a large artificial pond, a Stupa , a Bodhigarara , image houses, a Janthaghara , monk residencies, meditation paths and other buildings (IEE, 2019). Also, a rock inscription belonging to the 2nd century A.D. has been discovered at this site (Nicholas, 1963). The inscription which consists of 8 lines of writings records a catalogue of fields in which a Karisa each belonged to the ancient monastery at the site, of which the name is not given (Muller, 1883; Nicholas, 1963; Paranavitana, 2001). You may want to read this post: Kulumeemakada Archaeological Site Presently, the ruins of…
