boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. The Gal Vihara (Sinhala: ගල් විහාරය, lit. 'rock monastery'), and known originally as...

Vihāra Vihāra generally refers to a Buddhist monastery for Buddhist renunciates, mostly in the Indian subcontinent. The concept is ancient and in early...

Polonnaruwa Vatadage Hatadage Rankoth Vehera Nissanka Latha Mandapaya Gal Vihara World Heritage List Anuradhapura Sigiriya Mahawamsa Place names in Sri...

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...

Thanthirimale Thuparamaya Vessagiri Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara, Dimbulagala Gal Vihara, Polonnaruwa Hatadage, Polonnaruwa Medirigiriya Vatadage, Medirigiriya...

Buddha, 5th century CE. Seated Buddha, Gupta period. Seated Buddha at Gal Vihara, Sri Lanka. Chinese Stele with Sakyamuni and Bodhisattvas, Wei period...

in Ipoh, Perak Wat Phothivihan in Tumpat, Kelantan Sri Lanka: Dambulla Gal Vihara in Polonnaruwa (12th century) Tajikistan: Buddha in Nirvana of Ajina-Tepa...

Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara Sculpture Buduruvagala Samadhi Statue Toluvila statue Avukana Buddha statue Gal Vihara Maligawila Buddha statue Reswehera...

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...

Tank cascade system Parakrama Samudra Sites Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara Gal Vihara Hatadage Jetavanaramaya Nissanka Latha Mandapaya Polonnaruwa Vatadage...

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...

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...

documented in 3D: Gal Vihara; Kiri Vihera; Lankatilaka Vihara and the Quadrangle (Hatadage; Atadage; Recumbent-house; Chapter House; Gal Pota; Satmahal Prasada;...

who came to ancient capital of Kotte kingdom as well as Kotte Raja Maha Vihara. The building has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological...

cave Petra The stone of the south Mada'in Saleh Avukana Buddha statue Gal Vihara Sigiriya Cappadocia Tombs of the kings of Pontus Rock tombs Mount Nemrut...

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...

The seated image of Gal Vihara in Polonnaruwa, 12th century, which depicts the dhyana mudra, shows signs of Mahayana influence....

throughout the Angkor for centuries.[citation needed] Buddha statues in Gal Vihara Seven storeyed Satmahal Prasada Moonstone of Polonnaruwa Parakrama Samudra...

constructed with brick walls, granite window openings, and ceilings. The Gal vihara, Polonnaruwa and the cave temples of Dambulla were initially constructed...

constructed with brick walls, granite window openings, and ceilings. The Gal vihara, Polonnaruwa and the cave temples of Dambulla were initially constructed...

Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara Sculpture Buduruvagala Samadhi Statue Toluvila statue Avukana Buddha statue Gal Vihara Maligawila Buddha statue Reswehera...

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:...

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

(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...

goal was to reorganize, reform and unify the Sangha. An inscription at Gal Vihara states that with Mahākassapa's advice, the council expelled hundreds of...

connecting it to the cliff, and the four 12-century Buddha figures at Gal Vihara; the brick foundations for image houses can be seen here. The seven 10th-century...

Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara Sculpture Buduruvagala Samadhi Statue Toluvila statue Avukana Buddha statue Gal Vihara Maligawila Buddha statue Reswehera...

2009. Bandaranayake, S. D. (1974). Sinhalese Monastic Architecture: The Viharas of Anuradhapura - Senake Bandaranayake - Google Books. ISBN 9004039929...

the King also built a separate house for Sangamitta known as 'Hathalakha-Vihara' acceding to the request of the nuns to reside in a secluded place where...

Kotte Raja Maha Vihara ( Sinhala: කෝට්ටේ රජ මහා විහාරය) is a historic Buddhist temple situated in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Western province, Sri Lanka...