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The entrance to the tempita vihara is through the sermon hall and when the twin doors are opened, the Buddha image within the tempita vihara is clearly visible to the audience in the sermon hall. The tam or base pillars which are the identity of a tempita vihara being covered up during later renovations was a not-so-rare and rare experience ...
Ancient Tempita vihara and the Temple of tooth [15] Bimpokuna Purana Vihara: Bimpokuna: Galgamuwa: 6 June 2008: The drip ledged stone cave with cave inscriptions, stone pillars and dagoba [16] Bingiriya Raja Maha Vihara: Viharagama: Kiniyama: Bingiriya: 22 November 1974: Ancient Tempita Vihara [17] Bisogala ruins: No. 711, Handagama: Kurunegala ...
Tempita vihara with old paintings [18] Udugama Purana Raja Maha Vihara: Udugama: Rambukkana: 1 November 1996: Tempita vihara [18] Uduwaka Purana Gallen Raja Maha Vihara: Uduwaka: Uduwaka: Warakapola: 24 July 2009: The drip-ledged cave temple (Len Vihara) [12] Udyanegoda Purana Len Vihara: Dodantale: Mawanella: 22 September 1978 [32] Udyanagoda ...
Cave temple and two caves with drip-ledges in the premises [8] Ehelepola Walawwa: Ratnapura town: Ratnapura: 3 September 1999 [14] Ellawala Sri Gangarama Purana Vihara: No. 147B Deheragoda: Kiriella: 30 December 2011: Old Image House [4] Elugala Purana Tempita Vihara: Kanathiriyanwela: Imbulpe: 22 November 2002: Tempita Vihara [7] Ekneligoda ...
Hamanawa Purana vihara: Bulupitiya: Bulupitiya: Bibile: 23 January 2009: Vihara ruins and dagoba [8] Hathporuwa Vihara: Medagama: Buttala: 22 November 2002: Tempita Vihara [2] Hebessa ruins: Hebessa: Buttala: Image house with a 32-foot Buddha image. This vihara is believed to be the Naka Maha Vihara mentioned in the great chronicle Mahavamsa ...
The Tempita house of the Vihara is an archaeological protected monument which is believed to be constructed or renovated on 21 March 1861 as the date is indicated on its entrance door. [3] Tempita houses are buildings constructed on granite pillars which were popular in Sri Lanka during the 17th–19th centuries.
Weheragala Raja maha Vihara: Galabewa: Galagedara: 6 June 2008: Drip-ledged rock cave, rock cave vihara, rock inscriptions and rock engraved with steps [4] Welagama Raja Maha Vihara: Welagama: Hatharaliyadda: 22 November 2002: Len Vihara, dwelling house, stone inscription with 1843 mark and 3 caves with drip ledges [6] Weliwita Pahalagama ruins ...
He described Nava Vihara in terms strikingly similar to the Kaaba in Mecca, the holiest site of Islam. He described that the main temple had a stone cube in the center, draped with cloth, and that devotees circumambulated it and made prostration, as is the case with the Kaaba. The stone cube referred to the platform on which a stupa stood, as ...