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මිහින්තලා පුදබිම් සංකීර්ණයේ ඇති විශාලතම දාගැබ මහාථූපය, මහාචේතිය නම් වලින්ද හඳුන්වනු ලබන විෂ්කම්භය අඩි 136ක් පමණ හා උස අඩි 153 ක් පමණ වන මහදාඨික මහානාග රජතුමා විසින් කරවා ඇති මේ මහා සෑයයි.... read more
අම්භස්තල දාගැබ නැතහොත් සේල චෛත්යය ලෙස හැඳින්වෙන වටදාගෙය මිහිඳු මාහිමියන්ට දේවානම්පියතිස්ස රජු මුලින්ම මුණගැසුන ස්ථානයේ හා බුදුරජානන් වහන්සේ තුන්වැනි වර මෙහි වැඩම කල අවස්ථාවේ... read more
Lankarama is a stupa built by King Valagamba, in an ancient place at Galhebakada in the ancient kingdom of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Nothing is known about the ancient form of the stupa, and later this was renovated. The ruins show that there are rows of stone pillars and it is no doubt that there has been a house built encircling the stupa (vatadage) to cover it. The round courtyard of the stupa seems to be 10 feet (3 m) above the ground. The diameter of the stupa is 45 feet (14 m). The... read more
Eth pokuna (Elephant pond) is an ancient man made pond situated close to Lankaramaya. It is 159 meters in length 52.7 meters across and 9.5 meters in depth with the holding capacity of 75,000 cubic meters of water.
The water to this pond has been supplied from the Periyamkulama Tank through a network of underground canals. These underground canals still work after so many hundreds years. This tank probably has been used by the monks in the Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery who amounted over... read more
Valagamba (Sinhala: වළගම්බා), also known as Wattagamani Abhaya[1] and Valagambahu, was a king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka. Five months after becoming king, he was overthrown by a rebellion and an invasion from South India, but regained the throne by defeating the invaders fourteen years later. He is also known for the construction of the Abhayagiri... read more
ලංකාවේ පැරණිම බුදුරුව පිහිටි ලෙන් විහාරය
අනුරාධපුර යුගයේදීම ආරම්භ කරන්නට ඇතැයි සැලකෙන මධ්ය කඳුකරයේ පිහිටි ඉපැරණි පුදබිමකි හිඳගල රජ මහා විහාරය. පේරාදෙණියේ සිට B 364 ගලහ පාරේ යනවිට... read more
Sela Cetiya is one of the 16 main places of worship or Solosmasthana and is situated to the west of Jetavanaramaya in the ancient sacred city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This was constructed by King Lajjitissa who ruled in the 1st century BC. The diameter of the base of the stupa is 37 ½ feet. This stupa has been given this name as the platform and stupa has been constructed in stone. A moonstone and guardstones can be seen... read more
මිහින්තලා කන්ද මඳ දුරක් නගින විට කුඩා කඳු ගැටයක් මත බෞද්ධ සිද්ධස්ථාන අතර ඉතා සැලකිය යුතු පුරාවිද්යා ස්මාරකයක් වන කණ්ටක චේතිය හමුවේ. පාදමේ වට ප්රමාණය අඩි 425 ක් පමණ හා දැනට ශේෂව ඇති උස... read more
Thuparamaya is an ancient Buddhist temple in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Located in the sacred area of Mahamewna park, the Thuparamaya Stupa is the earliest Dagoba to be constructed in the island, dating back to the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (247-207 BC). The temple has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological site in Sri... read more
Ridi Viharaya (Sinhalese: රිදී විහාරය) or Silver Temple is a 2nd-century BCE Theravada Buddhist temple in the village of Ridigama, Sri Lanka.[2][3] Built during the reign of Dutthagamani of Anuradhapura, the temple is considered as the place where the silver ore, which provided silver to complete Ruwanwelisaya; one of the largest stupa in Sri Lanka, was discovered.[4] According to the chronicles Mahavamsa and Thupavamsa, the Ridi Viharaya complex was built in gratitude... read more
The Mirisaweti Stupa (Sinhalese: මිරිසවැටිය, Mirisavæṭiya) is situated in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.[1] King Dutugamunu (161 BC to 137 BC) built the Mirisaveti Stupa after defeating King Elara. After placing the Buddha relics in the sceptre, he had gone to Tissa Wewa for a bath leaving the sceptre. After the bath he returned to the place where the sceptre was placed, and it is said that it could not be moved. The stupa was built in the place... read more
The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa, a hemispherical structure containing relics, in Sri Lanka, considered sacred to many Buddhists all over the world.[1] It was built by King Dutugemunu[citation needed] c. 140 B.C., who became lord of all Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King Ellalan, was defeated. It is also known as "Mahathupa", "Swarnamali Chaitya", "Suvarnamali Mahaceti" (in Pali) and "Rathnamali Dagaba".
This is one of the... read more
Lovamahapaya is a building situated between Ruwanweliseya and Sri Mahabodiya in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is also known as the Brazen Palace or Lohaprasadaya because the roof was covered with bronze tiles. In ancient times, the building included the refectory and the... read more
මිහින්තලා කන්ද මඳ දුරක් නගින විට කුඩා කඳු ගැටයක් මත බෞද්ධ සිද්ධස්ථාන අතර ඉතා සැලකිය යුතු පුරාවිද්යා ස්මාරකයක් වන කණ්ටක චේතිය හමුවේ. පාදමේ වට ප්රමාණය අඩි 425 ක් පමණ හා දැනට ශේෂව ඇති උස... read more
මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේගේ භෂ්මාවශේෂ වලින් කොටසක් නිදන් කොට දේවානම්පියතිස්ස රජතුමාගේ බාල සොයුරු උත්තිය රජු විසින් ක්රිස්තු පුර්ව දෙවන සියවසේ ඉදිකරන ලද්දකි මිහිඳු... read moreThuparamaya is an ancient Buddhist temple in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Located in the sacred area of Mahamewna park, the Thuparamaya Stupa is the earliest Dagoba to be constructed in the island, dating back to the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (247-207 BC). The temple has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological site in Sri... read more
Isurumuniya is a Buddhist temple situated near to the Tissa Wewa (Tisa tank) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. There are four carvings of special interest in this Vihara. They are the Isurumuniya Lovers, Elephant Pond and The Royal... read more
Tissa Wewa, an artificial reservoir, was built by Devanampiya Tissa (3rd century BC) in order to increase the water supply to his capital city of Anuradhapura. Only Panda Wewa (5th century BC) and Abhaya Wewa (5th-4th century BC) are older. The embankment of Tissa Wewa is 2 miles (3.2 km) long and 25 feet (7.6 m) high.
Among other uses, the reservoir supplied water to Tissa's Royal Gardens. In later centuries, Tissa Wewa and the other lakes were enlarged and integrated into a... read more