Pethangahawatta Raja Maha Viharaya
. Pethangahawatta Sri Sudarmarama Purana Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පෙතංගහවත්ත ශ්රී සුධර්මාරාම රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Komangoda village near Thihagoda in Matara District, Sri Lanka. History The Stupa of this temple is believed to have been erected in 1243 A.D. or during the Dambadeniya Period (Ranaweera, 2015). The image house was constructed during the Kandyan Period (Abeyawardana, 2004; Ranaweera, 2015). Although it had been constructed as a three-story building, it was reduced to two stories in 1936 (Wikramaratne, 2015). The temple also preserves a collection of old ola leaf manuscripts testifying its antiquity (Abeyawardana, 2004; Ranaweera, 2015). The temple The temple is situated in an environment surrounded by paddy fields and small hills. The Stupa, Bodhi tree ( Ficus religosa ) and the image house are located on a higher terrace and can be reached through a stone-cut flight of steps. Among the old monuments, the image house is considered important (Ranawee…
