Kongahagedara Tempita Viharaya is a Kandyan-era Buddhist temple near Kuliyapitiya, built under Migastenne Adhikaram and later restored in 1911.
Kongahagedara Tempita Viharaya K ongahagedara Tempita Viharaya , also known as Sri Bodhidrumarama Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: කෝන්ගහගෙදර ශ්රී බෝධිදෘමාරාම පුරාණ ටැම්පිට විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Kongahagedara village near Kuliyapitiya town in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History The history of the Tempita Viharaya (the Temple of Pillars) of this temple runs back to the period of the Kandyan Kingdom (Anuradha & Kumari, 2015). It is said to have been built under the patronage of Migastenne Adhikaram during the reign of King Kirti Sri Rajasinha (1734-1782 A.D.) of Kandy (Silva & Chandrasekara, 2021). Migastenne Adhikaram was the 2nd chief minister of the Kandyan Court and the governor of the Satkorale, which includes the present North Western Province (Silva & Chandrasekara, 2021). His contribution to building the Tempita image house can be identified by using timber from Mī trees ( Madhuca longifolia ), and by depicting him in a wall painting inside the shrine room (Silva & Chandrasekara, 2…
