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The Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara or Kelaniya Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) north-east of Colombo. The current chief incumbent (chief priest) is Venerable Professor Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera. The temple has often been associated with the rise and fall of Sri Lanka, with the popular ...
Buddha's visit to Nagadeepa. Detail from Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara. The site is known as the place where Lord Buddha came during his second visit to Sri Lanka, after five years of attaining Enlightenment, to intervene and mediate in settling a dispute between two Naga Kings, Chulodara and Mahodara over the possession of a gem-studded throne.
Asgiri Maha Viharaya, Kandy; Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara, Kundasale; Devanapatissa Vipassana International Meditation Centre, Kandy; Divurum Bodhi Viharaya, Kandy; Gadaladeniya Vihara, Pilimatalawa; Lankatilaka Vihara, Pilimatalawa; Malwathu Maha Viharaya, Kandy; Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya, Kandy; Temple of the Tooth [Sri Dalada Maligawa], Kandy
Location. Location. Badulla, Sri Lanka. Geographic coordinates. 06°59'03.3"N 81°03'40.8"E. Architecture. Type. Buddhist Temple. Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara is an ancient Buddhist temple located in the middle of Badulla town in the Badulla District of Uva Province in Sri Lanka.
Kelaniya (Sinhala: කැලණිය Tamil: களனி) is a suburb of Colombo in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. Located 10 km (6.2 mi) from Colombo Fort, it is known for the Buddhist temple built on the banks of the Kelani River, which divides the suburb from Colombo District. The temple is also a religious centre for veneration of the ...
Seruwawila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara is an ancient Buddhist temple in Trincomalee district in Eastern Province, which is among the sixteen or seventeen holiest Buddhist shrines (Solosmasthana) in Sri Lanka. It was built during the reign of King Kavan Tissa, Prince of Ruhuna, (2nd century BC) containing the Lalata Dathun Wahanse (sacred forehead ...
Sanghamitta bringing a sapling of the right branch of the Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka. Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara [8]. Sanghamitra is known for the proselytisation activity among women that she pursued as her lifetime goal in Sri Lanka, along with her brother, Mahendra (called Mahinda in Sri Lanka) at the initiation of her father, Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty who ruled in India in the 3rd ...
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 .