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Ridi Viharaya (Sinhala: 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.
Balapokuna Raja Maha Vihara, Pamankada; Buddhist Cultural Centre, Dehiwala; Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo; Isipathanaramaya Temple, Havelock Town; Kotte Raja Maha Vihara, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Location Grama Niladhari Division Divisional Secretary's Division Registered Description Refs Arisimale Raja Maha Vihara: Pulmude: Pulmude: Kuchchaveli: 9 September 2011: Archaeological ruins in the Arismale range of mountain near the Pulmude Beach [2] Fort Fredrick: Trincomalee: Trincomalee [3] Kanniya Hot water spring: Kanniya: No. 243/P ...
Chaitya premises is called the Somawathiya Rajamaha Viharaya. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Somawathiya Chaitya [ 5 ] is located within the Somawathiya National Park [ 6 ] on the left bank of the Mahaweli River , [ 7 ] and is believed to have been built long before the time of Dutugamunu enshrining the right canine Relic of the tooth of the Buddha .
The temple is hollowed out of a large 12.3 m (40 ft) rock outcrop and consists of an elegant rock shelter with two roofed ante chambers in front, the first one a drumming hall and the second an image house, both of which are constructed outside the rock outcrop and topped by wooden roofs, whilst the third chamber, the main shrine room, is cut into the rock itself.
Missaka Pawwa in Mihintale, where the Arahath Mahinda landed. This is also known as Aradhana Gala. Mihintale is a mountain peak near Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.It is believed by Sri Lankans to be the site of a meeting between the Buddhist monk Mahinda and King Devanampiyatissa which inaugurated the presence of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
There are number of theories as to the origin of the shrine. According to Heinz Bechert [7] and Paul Younger, [8] the mode of veneration and rituals connected with Kataragama deviyo is a survival of indigenous Vedda mode of veneration that preceded the arrival of Buddhist and Indo-Aryan cultural influences from North India in Sri Lanka in the last centuries BCE, although Hindus, Buddhists and ...
The (modern) history of arañña senasana or forest hermitages of Sri Lanka runs back to 1951, when Ven. Kadawedduwe Sri Jinavamsa Mahathera (sometimes spelled Jinawansa) Thera, with the guidance of Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera, founded the Galduva Aranya, which was to become the centre point of the Śrī Kalyāṇī Yogāśrama Sanstha - the first Association of meditation monasteries in Sri ...