Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara is an ancient Buddhist temple located in the middle of Badulla town in the Badulla District of Uva Province in Sri Lanka...

Tennapanguwa Kumarapattiya (2010 estimates 887220) Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara, Badulla Army Garrison Town, Diyatalawa Namunukula Mountain...

constructed a vihara and 68 caves for the bhikkhus to reside in. At Mihintale there gradually grew a number of Buddhist monasteries or viharas with all the...

Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara, Tissamaharama Yatala Vehera, Tissamaharama Dhowa rock temple, Bandarawela Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara, Mahiyangana Muthiyangana Raja...

approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) away from the historic temple Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara. The shrine is dedicated to Sinhalese goddess Pattini who is...

2013. Wettimuny, Samangie (2009-05-17). "The splendour of Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara". The Sunday Observer. Retrieved 2009-09-25. "Seruwila to Sri Pada...

Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree is a historical sacred bo tree (Ficus religiosa) in the Mahamewuna Garden in historical city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This...

as a hemispherical dome surmounted with a spire (kota). Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara in Mahiyangana, Uva Province is regarded as the first stupa of ancient...

statue and an Anuradhapura era-gold plated Buddha statue. According to Ridi vihara asna, a chronicle, the latter was brought down from India. Other statues:...

Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya is a Theravada Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in Bahirawakanda, approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) from the city centre...

turning it into a seven storey building. He renovated the stupa in Muthiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya. This building was stripped of its adornments during Mahasena's...

marshy land. It has the main features of a Vihara (temple), the Cetiya (Pagada) the Bodhitree, the Vihara Mandiraya, the Seema malaka (assembly hall for...

to the British in 1815, the custody of the Relic was handed over to the Maha Sangha (the Buddhist Clergy). In the absence of the king, a chief lay custodian...

caves Minuwangamuwa Vihara Lunuwatta Kudaperuwa Uva-Paranagama 23 February 2007 Image house and dagoba Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara Badulla Badulla 1 November...

succession war, he sent him to Sri Lanka. The party left from Vedasagiri vihara, believed to be modern-day Sanchi. Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa, the chronicles...

(301-328) and handed over the tooth relic. The king enshrined it in Meghagiri Vihara (present day Isurumuniya) in Anuradhapura. Safeguarding the relic was the...

pillaging and agreed to build a vihara on the grounds of Mahavihara. The Mahavamsa quotes the king: "We will make the vihara to be dwelt in yet again; forgive...

අමරපුර–රාමඤ්ඤ සාමග්‍රී මහා සංඝ සභාව, romanized: Amarapura–Rāmañña Sāmagrī Mahā Saṁgha Sabhāva) is the larger of the two Buddhist monastic orders (Pali:...

republic of Kalinga and a king named Pandu. Legend states the Abhayagiri vihāra was first appointed custodianship of the relic when it was brought to the...

after being ordained by the Neyyadhamma Munivara Sangharaja of Ratnapunna Vihara in Burma. It was one of three Sri Lankan orthodox Buddhist monastic orders...

May 2010. Deniyaye Pannaloka Buddarakkitha Thera (2020). Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara: New Paintings (archived). "Sangamitta Teri". What Buddha Said Net...

Ramanna Maha Nikaya in 1864 by bringing pure Upasampada from Ratnapunna Vihara in Burma and joining with group of monks who brought pure Upasampada from...

Dakkhina Stupa Naka Vihara Kiribath Vehera Buddha Jayanthi Chaithya Cave temples Vessagiri Dambulla cave temple Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara Sculpture Buduruvagala...

Magama. Somawathiya is therefore much older than Ruwanwelisaya, Mirisawetiya Vihara or Jetavanaramaya. The stupa is named after Princess Somawathi, the sister...

of 9, he was ordained under Arungamuwe Rewatha Thero of Thotagamuwa Raja Maha Vihara at Hikkaduwa and was given the Dharma name of "Hikkaduwe Sumangala"...

rock and the other inside the vihara. In addition, the Bo tree which was planted from a branch of the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi illuminates the historical...

Mahāvihāra was the first tradition to be established, while Abhayagiri Vihāra and Jetavana Vihāra were established by monks who had broken away from Mahāvihāra...

Greenlands College that was located in close proximity was renamed Isipathana Maha Vidyalaya. In November 2016 a 12 m (39 ft) statue of Buddha, in a standing...

Kandy or of the British, held their own upasampada ceremony at Totagamuwa Vihara in 1772. Another was held at Tangalle in 1798. Neither of these ceremonies...

the original shrine complex. The most important one is known as Maha Devale or Maha Kovil and is dedicated to Skanda-Murugan known amongst the Sinhalese...