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05 May 2018
The Dematamal Vihara which is situated in the Okkampitiya Grama Sewa Wasama of the Buddata Divisional Secretatriat of the Monaragala district, is a Buddhist place of worship with great historical importance. The Dematamal Viara is recorded as the first Panchawasa Vihara in the country, ( containing Cheiththiya, Pilima Geya, Seemawa shala etc…)
According to the story, rhe Dematamal Vihara had provided protection to prince Saddhatissa. It is a famous fact that the two brothers were against each other. The prince Tissa who lost the war had hid at the temple. The priests had tried to secretly transport the prince out of the temple. Prince Gemunu having seen this had said, “Tissa, Don’t do that!” Therefore, it is thought that Dutumal became Dematamal.
It is reasonable to say that the Dematamal Vihara is a special Vihara in the country, since a Upa Pala decorated the kotha, similar to the Shanthi Stupa system of India. This is the only cheiththiya to have a Upa Pala. The Upa Gala is 18 feet in height. A rare guardstone can also be seen.
Also, after turning at the Kubukkana junction and travelling about 6 km, turning to the right from Okampitiya, this temple can be reached.
This Vihara is situated far from the Buttala city at Palawaththa.
The history of this Vihara begins with king Mahanaga. When the queen had felt the need to deliver her child at Mannaram diya, she had said that the child should be caught. Thus, the place became Yatiallathota.
Later on, a palace, Bisokotuwa and Cheiththiya were built in the area. Another folk-tale is that the water had been brought there from the Yudaganawa tank. According to inscriptions, King Nissankamalla had renovated the vihara. The historical Kutumbala Vihara is situated nearby.response / report this review -
20 April 2018
You must visit this historic place Calm place. .
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14 April 2018
Located in Buttala- Okkampitiya road this is where Prince Saddatissa hide after fight with Prince Dutugamunu.
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12 April 2018
A historical place situated in uva province. There are Old ruins. Old statues of load Buddha. Nice place to visit
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10 March 2018
Dematamal Viharaya is a Buddhist temple in Okkampitiya village, Monaragala district, Uva Province, Sri Lanka. Its history goes back to the 3rd or 2nd century BC. According to folklore, it is the place which provided safety to Prince Saddhatissa, who was attempting to flee after losing the fight with his elder brother, Prince Dutugamunu.
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10 February 2018
Unique temple in Sri Lanka
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29 January 2018
Dematamal Viharaya is located at Helagama on the Buttala-Okkampitiya road which leads to the Maligawila Buddha Statues. The temple lies about 4 km from the Buttala town. Located in the middle of paddy field, you can see the dark coloured Stupa and the bo-tree surrounded by the green paddy from the road itself. Though much attention is not paid by the average tourist the history of the temple complex is said to date back to the 3rd century BC.
It is believed that this is the temple that prince Tissa hid from his brother prince Gamini (some times called Gemunu, later king Dutugemunu) after a major battle for power at the location now called Yudaganawa.
After the death of King Kavanthissa (2 nd Century BC), the two sons, price Gamini and prince Tissa had two major battles in the struggle for power. Legend says that the first battle at the Yudaganawa was won by Tissa.
But the second battle was won by Gamini and Tissa unable to flee far, hid inside this temple knowing the brother will never violate a Buddhist temple. Prince Gamini chasing after his brother realised he was inside the temple and asked chief incumbent Ven. Gonashanka Tissa thero whether his brother was inside the temple. The thero unable to lie refused to answer the prince.response / report this review -
14 December 2017
දෙමටමල් විහාරය මෙරට පුරාණ විහාරස්‌ථානයක්‌ වන අතර මෙම විහාරයේ ඉතිහාසය ක්‍රි. පූ. 3 වන හෝ 2 වන සියවස දක්‌වා ඈතකට දිවයයි. ඌව පළාතේ මොනරාගල දිස්‌ත්‍රික්‌කයේ බුත්තල නගරයේ සිට කිලෝ මීටර් 4ක්‌ පමණ ඈතින් පිහිටා ඇති මෙම විහාරය කුඹුරු යායක්‌ මැද ඉතා අලංකාර වූ භූමි භාගයක පිහිටා ඇත. මෙම විහාරය හා සම්බන්ධ කතා පුවතක්‌ වංස කතා කිහිපයකම ස`දහන්ව ඇති අතර ඒ තුළින් මෙම විහාරයේ ඓතිහාසික පසුබිම නිරූපණය කරගත හැකිය.
දෙමටමල් විහාරය යනුවෙන් නම සෑදී ඇත්තේ සද්ධාතිස්‌ස රජු හා ගැමුණු රජු අතර මාගම රාජ්‍යයේ උරුමකම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සටනක්‌ ඇති වුණු අතර එහිදී සද්ධාතිස්‌ස රජු පැරදී පලාගොස්‌ විහාරයේ මහතෙරුන්ගේ ඇ`දයට සැගවුණි. ගැමුණු රජු භික්‌ෂු ගෞරවය නිසා විහාරයට ඇතු`එ නොවීය. පසුව මළ කෙනෙකු සේ සද්ධාතිස්‌ස භික්‌ෂූන් වහන්සේලාගේ කර මතින් විහාරයෙන් එළියට ගිය අතර 'මම සහෝදරයා (මළනුවන්)' යන අරුතින් දෙටු මල් විහාරය ලෙස සෑදුණු බවත් පසුව එය වර්තමානයේ දෙමටමල් විහාරය බවට පත්වූ බවත් ජනප්‍රවාදයේ කියවේ. වංස කතාවල ස`දහන් මෙම සිදුවීම දෙස විමසා බලනවිට දෙමටමල් විහාරය දීර්ඝ ඉතිහාසයකට උරුමකම් කියන අතර විහාරය වටා ඇති නෂ්ටාවශේෂ දෙස බැලීමෙන්ද එය තහවුරු කරගත හැකිය. ගලින් නිමකළ ඉපැරණි හිටි පිළිමයක්‌ අභය මුද්‍රdවෙන් විහාරගෙය තුළ වැඩ සිටී. විහාරය වටා තැන් තැන්වල ගොඩනැඟිලි කිහිපයක නටබුන් හමුවේ. එහි එක්‌ ගොඩනැගිල්ලක නටබුන් ඉදිරියේ මුරගලක්‌ දැකගත හැකි අතර එය මෙරට හමුවන විශේෂ මුරගලකි. මෙම මුරගලේ ප්‍රධාන රූපයට දකුණු පසින් කාන්තා රූපයක්‌ දැකගත හැකිය. නාග පෙන සහිත රූපයේ උරහිසට ආසන්න උසකින් එම රූපය දක්‌වා ඇත. ගඩොලින් නිර්මාණය කළ ස්‌තූපයක්‌ ද දැකගත හැකි අතර එහි කොත් කැරැල්ලේ කොටසක්‌ බි`දී ගොස්‌ ඇත. එහෙත් ස්‌තූපයේ සියලු අංග පැහැදිලිව දැකගත හැකිය. අලංකාර වූ මෙම ස්‌තූපය අඩි 10ක්‌ පමණ උස්‌ වේදිකාවක නිර්මාණය කර ඇත. මෙම විහාරයේ තැන තැන විසිරුණු නටබුන් අතර ප්‍රතිමාවක කොටස්‌ ද හමුවී ඇත. එය කුමන රූපයක්‌ දැයි පැහැදිලි නැත.response / report this review -
02 December 2017
One of the temple where prince Dutugamunu was hiding from his own father Kashyapa..before comming in to the throne as King Dutugamunu
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11 October 2017
This is an ancient Buddhist temple. According to the historical record, this place is related to Prince Gamunu and Thissa.
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30 September 2017
This ancient temple surrounded by beautiful mountains. According to historical books this temple related to One of the greatest king in Sri Lanka '' King Dutu Gamunu" and his brother "King Saddhathissa"
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31 August 2017
A historical temple. It is beleived that Prince Tissa fled to this temple during the battle against his brother Prince Gemunu for the throne after their father King Kavantissa's death.
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19 August 2017
Dematamal Viharaya is a Buddhist temple in Okkampitiya village, Monaragala district, Uva Province, Sri Lanka. Its history
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04 June 2017
Dematamal viharaya is Very ancient temple.maliyadewa maharahath thera and 500 manks are lived in this temple.toda you can see some ruins around the temple ..
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25 April 2017
This is a our village temple .its lam like.very beutiful place .
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04 February 2017
A place that every Sri Lankan must visit.
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04 January 2017
Dematamal Viharaya - After the death of King Kavanthissa (2 nd Century BC), the two sons, price Gamini and prince Tissa had two major battles in the struggle for power. Legend says that the first battle at the Yudaganawa was won by Tissa.
But the second battle was won by Gamini and Tissa unable to flee far, hid inside this temple knowing the brother will never violate a Buddhist temple. Prince Gamini chasing after his brother realised he was inside the temple and asked chief incumbent Ven. Gonashanka Tissa thero whether his brother was inside the temple. The thero unable to lie refused to answer the prince.response / report this review -
31 December 2016
Best Kanimadala roof structure
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19 July 2016
Peaceful place surrounded with beautiful paddy fields. Early morning and the evening is the best time to visit. Don't forget to search the historical value of this ancient temple.
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