Misplaced Pages

Beligammana Raja Maha Vihara

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Beligammana Raja Maha Vihara
බෙලිගම්මන රජ මහා විහාරය
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
DistrictKegalle
ProvinceSabaragamuwa Province
Location
LocationMawanella, Sri Lanka
Geographic coordinates07°15′00.5″N 80°27′16.2″E / 7.250139°N 80.454500°E / 7.250139; 80.454500
Architecture
TypeBuddhist Temple
Completed1820

Beligammana Raja Maha Vihara (also known as Beligammana Pothgul Vihara) is a Buddhist temple situated in Mawanella, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It is lies on the ColomboKandy main road, approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) away from the Mawanella town.

Constructed in the early part of the 19th century, this temple is presently declared as an archaeological protected monument by the Department of Archaeology. The designation was declared on 7 December 2001 under the government Gazette number 1214.

See also

References

  1. "බෙලිගම්මන පුරාණ විහාරය කඩා බුදු පිළිම 27ක් හා කරඬු 2ක් පැහැරගෙන යති (In Sinhala)". Rivira. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. "Beligammana Pothgul Viharaya". LankaPradeepa. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. "Gazette". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1214. 7 December 2001.


Stub icon

This article about a Buddhist place of worship is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Beligammana Raja Maha Vihara Add topic