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Bahirawakanda
Bahirawakanda ( si, බහිරවකන්ද) is a village in the centre of the Kandy, Sri Lanka. In Sinhala, ''Bahirawa Kanda'' translates to mountain of Bahirawa. According to Sri Lankan myths, Bahirawa is a sanguinary deity associated with earth and territory protection. It is known for the Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya, construction of which commenced in 1972, under the direction of Ven. Ampitiye Dammarama Thero. It was opened to the public on 1 January 1993, by President Ranasinghe Premadasa. See also *List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka Central Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Kandy District, Matale District, and Nuwara Eliya District. The following is a list of settlements in the province. __NOTOC__ A Abasingammedda, Adhikarigama, Agalakumbura, Agalawa ... References External links * Populated places in Kandy District {{KandyDistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya
Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya is a Theravada Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in Bahirawakanda, approximately from the city centre. The temple is known for its giant Buddha statue. The statue of Buddha is depicted in the position of the ''Dhyana Mudra,'' the posture of meditation associated with his first Enlightenment, and can be seen from almost everywhere in Kandy. It stands at high and is one of the tallest Buddha statues in Sri Lanka. The temple is built on land donated by the Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms#Ministers, Minister of Lands, Hector Kobbekaduwa, to Ven. Ampitiye Dammarama Thero, a monk from the Amarapura Nikaya in the early 1970s. Initially Dammarama lived in a makeshift dwelling whilst soliciting funds for the construction of the temple. The temple was opposed by the senior monks of the Temple of the Tooth, Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic), claiming it would overshadow the centre of the Siyam Nikaya. In the 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
