Mirissa Samudragiri Viharaya Not to be confused with Lankapatuna Samudragiri Viharaya Samudragiri Viharaya (Sinhala: මිරිස්ස සමුද්රගිරි විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple in Veheragalla village in Mirissa in Matara District, Sri Lanka. It is located in the middle of an estate near the seashore. History Veheragalla, the name of the village where Samudragiri Viharaya is located came into existence as the presence of a mound containing the ruins of a Stupa which had been washed away due to sea erosion (Chutiwongs et al., 1990; Wikramaratne, 2015). Besides that Stupa mound, the remains of an earlier image house have been discovered under the foundation of the present temple (Chutiwongs et al., 1990). The development of the present Samudragiri Viharaya commenced in the early 19th century when Thiranagama Thera, a pupil of the erudite Buddhist monk Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thera (1698-1778 A.D.) came to reside at the site at the request of the Buddhist devotees in the area (Chutiwongs et al., 1990). He established himself in th…
