Godapitiya Jethavana Viharaya J ethavanarama Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: ගොඩපිටිය ජේතවන රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple in Godapitiya village near Akuressa town in Matara District, Sri Lanka. It is located adjacent to Godapitiya Sudarshanarama Viharaya . History Although locals link the history of this temple to the reign of King Devanampiyatissa (247-207 B.C.), an inscribed stone mantle at the temple records that this temple was constructed around 1788 by the Buddhist monk Agalakada Sri Dhammarakkhita Thera who constructed the image house of the temple with the patronage of royals (Abeyawardana, 2004; Wikramaratne, 2015). King Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha (1781-1798 A.D.) of Kandy is said to have contributed to the development of this temple (Wikramaratne, 2015). Built on the bank of the Nilwala Ganga River , the original temple had not been on elevated land (Abeyawardana, 2004). Agalakada Thera is said to have filled this area with earth giving the present name of the village Godapitiya which means "filling flatland…
