Ethagama Sumanarama Viharaya

Ethagama Sumanarama Viharaya
Sumanarama Maha Viharaya & Uttararamaya  (Sinhala: ඈතගම සුමනාරාම මහා විහාරය හා උත්තරාරාමය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Ethagama village near Payagala town in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History The history of this temple dates back to the  Kotte Period  (Dissanayaka, 2023). The image house of the temple contains paintings and sculptures done in the low country art tradition related to  Kandyan Period . The belfry has been constructed in Nikini in the Buddhist Year 2455 or August of 1911 A.D. A protected site The ancient  Vihara-geya (image house) of Sumanarama Vihara situated in Ethagama village in the Divisional Secretary Division of Kalutara is an  archaeological protected monument, declared by a government Gazette notification published on 8 July 2005. . Attribution #) LankaPradeepa.com extends its gratitude to Lalith Kekulthotuwage for providing the necessary photographs required for this article. All the photos are published here with the permission of the author. References 1) Diss…