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Lankatilaka Vihara (Sinhala: ලංකාතිලක විහාරය, romanized: laṁkātilaka vihāraya, Tamil: இலங்காதிலக விகாரை, romanized: Ilaṅkātilaka vikārai) [2] is a Buddhist temple situated in Udunuwara of Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Lankatilaka Vihara: Hiyarapitiya: Udunuwara: 16 December 1949: Vihara, Devalaya and natural rock with inscription [32] Lankatilaka Vihara: Hiyarapitiya: Udunuwara: 17 November 1967: Vahalkada [33] Madawala inscription: Madawala: Pathadumbara: 23 February 2007: Inscription on the mountain range in land called Akuraketugalewatta [20] Madugalle ...
The Lankatilaka Temple is considered to be one of the best-preserved examples of traditional Sinhalese temple architecture. [citation needed] Built on a rock, the temple is reached by a long series of rock-cut steps. An arched passage of the image house leads through a Mandapa (hall) into the inner sanctum which is decorated with floral designs.
It is located on Gadaladenyia Road (B116), just up from the Gadaladeniya junction of the Colombo - Kandy Road (A1), approximately 12.5 km (7.8 mi) to the west of Kandy and 3 km (1.9 mi) from the ancient buddhist temple, Lankatilaka Vihara. It is considered one of the largest rock temples in Sri Lanka. [2]
Pages in category "Buddhist temples in Kandy District" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Lankatilaka Vihara This page was last ...
Upulvan-Vishnu worshipped as a guardian deity in Lankatilaka Vihara.. According to the Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa, north Indian prince Vijaya and his seven hundred followers were blessed by god Upulvan upon their arrival to Sri Lanka in 543 BC. [5]
The Buddhist Temple of Chicago (BTC) was founded in October 1944 by Gyomay Kubose, [1] [2] a minister of the Higashi Honganji branch of the Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") sect, along with several laypeople who had been released from the Japanese American internment camps.
The temple was renamed and reconstructed as Rajarajapperumpaḷḷi (Great Vihara of Rajaraja I). The base mouldings of this vihara are of Dravidian architecture and differ from other Buddhist edifices in the island. Senarath Paranavithana describes it as the only known example of 'a Tamil Buddhist paḷḷi' preserved up to the present day ...