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Kalutara, North: No. 717-D-Kalutara North: Kalutara: 6 June 2008: Buddha shrine with frescoes [12] Official residence of high court judge: Kalutara, South: Kalutara: 8 July 2005 [14] Palatota ammunition store: No. 723E Palatota: Kalutara: 23 February 2007 [15] Paragasthota Sri Sudharsanarama Vihara: No. 844 - B Dickhena: Millaniya: 23 January 2009
Kalutara District is located in the south-west of Sri Lanka and has an area of 1,598 square kilometres (617 sq mi). [1] It is bounded by Colombo District in the north, Ratnapura District in the east, Galle District in the south, and the Indian Ocean in the west.
The Kalutara Chaitya is a Stupa (buddhist shrine) located immediately south of the Kalutara Bridge in the Kalutara District of Sri Lanka. It is one of only a few hollow Buddhist stupas in the world and its interior contains 74 murals , each depicting a different aspect of the Buddha 's life. [ 1 ]
Since 1976 the temple leader has been Parakaduwe Saranankara, who is also chief monk of the Buddhist Monetary Council of Kalutara; chief monk of the New Korale and Thotamune Buddhist Monetary Council in Colombo and six other temples in Sri Lanka: Vivekarama Buddhist Temple, Kaduboda Delgoda; Vivekarama Buddhist Temple, Mahara
The 38 m (125 ft) long Kalutara Bridge was built at the mouth of the Kalu Ganga River and serves as a major link between the country's western and southern border. The name Kalutara is a name broken from the name Kalutota. The name Kalugantota became Kalutota and then Kalutara.
It was located in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. In 1574, Portuguese forces, commanded by Diogo de Melo de Castro, devastated the area south of Colombo destroying numerous shrines and temple. In late 1594 Portuguese forces, led by Jerónimo de Azevedo, captured the town of Kalutara. In 1622 the Portuguese and built a fort on the site of the destroyed ...