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In Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan portion of the relics are customarily only taken out for public display and veneration on the Buddha's birthday, Vesak Day, [49] while in India, a fair is held annually at the vihara that houses the Sanchi portion of the relics that is attended by Buddhists all over the world. [51] [62]
The brahmavihārā (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of Brahma") is a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Pāli: appamaññā) [1] or four infinite minds (Chinese: 四無量心). [2]
By the time Faxian came to Sri Lanka in search of the Dhamma and visited Abhayagiri in 412 AD, it had developed into a leading Buddhist centre of Sri Lanka. By the 7th century, Abhayagiri Vihara consisted of four mulas (literally "families", fraternities or grouped institutions for religious teaching): Uttara‑mula; Kapara‑mula; Mahanethpa ...
Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya is a Buddhist temple situated in Bellanwila, Colombo District, Sri Lanka. [2] Located around 12 km south to the Colombo city, near Dehiwala - Maharagama road, the temple attracts hundreds of devotees daily and is famous for its annual Esala Perehera festival which usually takes place in the month of August or September.
The rock inscription and the image house of Mayadunna Vihara. The temple in Mayadunna has been constructed on a natural rock plateau belonging to the Uhana DS.Most buildings that stand today at the temple are recent constructions but some of the ancient structures such as slabs of Buddha footprint, pieces of Sandakada pahana, bases of buildings and pillars still can be found within the ...
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.
In 1975, the Buddhist monk Sumedhamkara claimed a Hindu temple had been built near the site and complained of damage done to the Buddhist ruins. [7] Further in the late 90s and early 2000s the separatist militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) used the area as a communication center and demolished a stony rock with six epigraphs to fix a LTTE radio transmission tower, the LTTE also ...
Buddama Raja Maha Vihara (Sinhalaː බුද්දම රජ මහා විහාරය) is a historic Cave temple in Buddama village, Monaragala district, Sri Lanka. [2] Buddama is a rural village lying off Siyambalanduwa town and is known as one of the earliest settlements in the country.