Vidurupola Viharaya, formerly the British-era Wilson Bungalow in Badulla, now serves as a Buddhist monastic college and is a protected heritage site.
Vidurupola Viharaya (Old Wilson Bungalow) Not to be confused with Vidurupola Sumangalaramaya V idurupola Sri Piyathissa Pirivena (Sinhala: විදුරුපොල ශ්රී පියතිස්ස පිරිවෙන් විද්යායතනය) Veedurupola is a Buddhist temple situated in Gawaragammana village near Keppetipola town in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. It presently serves as a monastic college for the education of Buddhist monks. History The temple has been established in the Bungalow of Sylvester Douglas Wilson, the Assistant Resident and Agent of the British Government in Badulla (Withanachchi, 2019). Wilson who began his career in Sri Lanka as an Extra Assistant in the Secretariat, was promoted to the Third Assistant to the Resident and Judicial Agent at Kandy and Magistrate of Kandy on 12 June 1816 (Lewis, 1913). He was then appointed to the position of Second Assistant to the Resident Secretary to the Residency and Sitting Magistrate of Kandy on 1 October 1816 (Lewis, 1913). He finally succeeded Henry Wright at Badulla as the First Assistant to the Resident and Magistrate …
