Abhayagiriya

Abhayagiriya Museum

Abhayagiriya Museum (Photo credit: Ayoma Wijethunga, Google Street View) The Abhayagiriya Museum (Sinhala: අභයගිරිය කෞතුකාගාරය), Sri Lanka is on…

Abhayagiri Tamil Inscription

The Abhayagiri Vihara Tamil Inscription is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It was found engraved on a broken stone slab that had been u…

Moonstones at Abhayagiri Panchavasa

The two most exquisitely carved Sandakada Pahana (moonstones) (Sinhala: අභයගිරි පංචාවාස සඳකඩ පහන) in Sri Lanka is found in two monastic residentia…

Dharani House (Abhayagiriya)

Dharani House (Sinhala: ධාරණී ගෘහය) is a ruined building situated in Abhayagiri Monastery premises in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Dharani A form of…

Abhayagiri Slab Inscription of Kassapa V

Abhayagiri Slab Inscription of King Kassapa V (Sinhala: පස්වන කාශ්‍යප රජුගේ අභයගිරිය පුවරු ලිපිය) is found erected in the premises of Bodhigharaya…

Abhayagiri Slab Inscription of Mahinda IV

Abhayagiri Slab Inscription of King Mahinda IV   (Sinhala: හතරවන මිහිඳු රජුගේ අභයගිරිය පුවරු ලිපිය) is found erected in the premises of Bodhighara…

Prasada Stupa, Abhayagiri Monastery

Prasada Stupa (Sinhala: ප්‍රාසාද ස්තූපය, අභයගිරිය) is a Stupa situated in the Abhayagiri Monastery premises in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka…

Abhayagiri Ardhanarisvara Statue

Abhayagiri Ardhanarisvara (or Ardhanari-natesvara) Statue (Sinhala: අභයගිරි අර්ධනාරිෂ්වර ප්‍රථිමාව) is a small bronze discovered from Abhayagiri Mo…

Kapara Mula (Abhayagiriya)

Kapara Mula or Kapara Parivena (Sinhala: කපාරා මූලය, අභයගිරිය) is a ruined site situated in Abhayagiriya Monastery complex in Anuradhapura Distri…

Uttara Mula (Abhayagiriya)

Uttara Mula or Uttaramula Parivena (Sinhala: උත්තර මූලය, අභයගිරිය) is a ruined site situated in the  Abhayagiriya Monastery complex in Anuradhapu…

Anointing Pavilion (Abhayagiriya)

Abhisheka Mandapaya (Anointing Pavilion) A nointing Pavilion or Anointing Hall (Sinhala: අභිෂේක මණ්ඩපය) is a ruined building s…

Abhayagiriya Alms-Hall

Abhayagiriya Main Alms-Hall or The Main Refectory of Abhayagiriya (Sinhala: අභයගිරිය ප්‍රධාන දාන ශාලාව, බත් ගේ) is a ruined building located in t…

Abhayagiriya Pillar Inscription of Kassapa IV

Abhayagiriya Pillar Inscription of King Kassapa IV (Sinhala: සිව්වන කාශ්‍යප රජුගේ අභයගිරිය ටැම් ලිපිය) is presently on the display at the Inscript…

Kuttam Pokuna | Twin Ponds in Anuradhapura

Kuttam Pokuna or Twin Ponds (Sinhala: කුට්ටම් පොකුණ; Tamil: குட்டம் பொக்குண) is a pair of dressed-stone pools situated near Abhayagiri Monastery …