Mahamevnāwa (Mahāmēgha, pi, Mahāmeghavana) is an ancient park in

Anuradhapura Anuradhapura ( si, අනුරාධපුරය, translit=Anurādhapuraya; ta, அனுராதபுரம், translit=Aṉurātapuram) is a major city located in north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central ...

, Sri Lanka. It was created by King

Mutasiva Mutasiva was ruler of the Kingdom of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, based at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura. He ruled from 367 BC to 307 BC. He had nine sons, some of whom were his successors such Devanampiya Tissa, Uttiya, Mahasiva and Asela ...

(367 - 307 BC) whose name is in the history as the first king who structured a park. He who was the son of King Pandukabhaya and the father of King

Devanampiya Tissa Tissa, later Devanampiya Tissa, was one of the earliest kings of Sri Lanka based at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura from 247 BC to 207 BC. His reign was notable for the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka under the aegis of the Mauryan ...

. King Pandukabhaya is the founder of the city of Anuradhapura. King Mutasiva, after succeeding his father, formed two royal gardens which was located to the south and outside the ancient capital city of Anuradhapura. The garden called ''Nandana'' ''(Jōtivana)'' was situated immediately after the south gate and then was the Mahāmēgha. At the auspicious time the park was being started, there was an unusual fall of very heavy rain so the garden was named "''maha'' (=heavy) ''megha'' (=shower)". According to Mahavamsa, the garden had been full of various kind of trees so with fruits and flowers. The park is well known for the Samadhi Statue as well as several other religious sites such as

Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi ( Sinhala: ජය ශ්‍රී මහා බොධිය) is a historical sacred bo tree (''Ficus religiosa'') in the Mahamewna Garden in historical city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This is believed to be a tree grown ...

, Ruvanveli stupa, and Thuparama stupa, etc. SL Anuradhapura asv2020-01 img30 Samadhi Buddha.jpg, Samādhi Statue Golden Fence at Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi.jpg, Golden Fence at

SL Anuradhapura asv2020-01 img11 Ruwanwelisaya Stupa.jpg, Ruwanveli Stupa SL Anuradhapura asv2020-01 img34 Thuparamaya Stupa.jpg, Thūpārāma Stupa

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