Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Malwathu Maha Viharaya (also called Malwatta temple) is a Buddhist monastery located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is the headquarters of the Malwatta chapter of Siyam Nikaya and one of the two Buddhist monasteries that holds the custodianship of sacred tooth relic of Buddha kept in Sri Dalada Maligawa , Kandy.
On the initiative of Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero (1698–1778) the Thai monk Upali visited the Kingdom of Kandy in 1753 during the reign of Kirti Sri Rajasinha of Kandy (1747–1782), and there performed upasampada for a group of Kandyans. The Buddhist monastic order had become extinct thrice during the preceding five hundred years and was ...
A fountain at the junction of Temple Street and Deva Veediya, erected by the Coffee Planters of Ceylon to commemorate the visit of HRH Prince of Wales to Kandy in 1875 [9] Kandy Post Office: Kandy: Kandy: 8 July 2005: Sri Dalada Thapovana street [9] Kandy president house's trust home: Kandy: Kandy: 8 July 2005: Sri Dalada Thapovana street [9 ...
Malwatta Temple in modern Kandy, Sri Lanka was where a coup attempt to overthrow King Kirti Sri Rajasinha of Kandy in favor of Prince Thepphiphit took place in 1760. In 1760, Adigar Sammanakodi invited King Kirti Sri Rajasinha for a Buddhist sermon in Siamese language [ 8 ] at the Malwatta temple , the head temple of the Siamese sect where the ...
Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero (born 30 May 1944) is a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who is the present Mahanayaka Thero of the Malwatta chapter of Siam Nikaya. [1] He was appointed as the 26th Mahanayke Thera of Malwatta Chapter on 20 June 2004, by the Karaka Sangha Sabha of Malwatta chapter, after the demise of Most Ven. Rambukwelle Sri Dharmarakkitha Vipassi Mahanayka Thera. [2]
Tour the historic Lansing Masonic Temple, potential site of the new city hall. Gannett. Sarah Atwood, Lansing State Journal. March 23, 2024 at 2:09 PM.
Notable Diyawadana Nilames of the past. Diyawadana Nilame is the office of the chief lay custodian of the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka.Formerly an office of the royal household, at present it is the trustee for the Temple of the Tooth as defined by the Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance of 1931. [1]
The Mahanuwara Grama Niladhari Division has a Buddhist plurality (49.6%), a significant Muslim population (26.2%) and a significant Hindu population (15.1%). In comparison, the Kandy Four Gravets & Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat (which contains the Mahanuwara Grama Niladhari Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.9%), a significant Muslim population (12.0%) and a significant Hindu ...