Name: Galapatha Rajamaha Viharaya
Address: Unnamed Rd, Sri Lanka, LK

Galapatha Rajamaha Viharaya is a place of worship, located at Unnamed Rd, Sri Lanka

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Anonymous

02 April 2018

A small Buddhist temple with wonderful mural paintings. It has the tooth relic of Buddha’s high disciple in its pagoda, but you will be more amazed as you enter the old temple building with its colourful and beautiful reclining Buddha statue and mural paintings with some influence of colonial era. It’s located in a village so you need a tuktuk and should ask the driver to wait for you outside.
Anonymous

21 February 2018

Very Historical place. nice and calm
Anonymous

10 February 2018

Built during era of King Devanampiyatissa ((250-210 BC) The Wanawasa Rajamaha Viharaya of Bentota is believed to be the one part of the Panchamaha Vihara complex of Bentota.

The location where the Bodhi Tree was planted became Bodhi Maluwa Rajamaha Viharaya, the location where the Arhats lived became the Wanawasa Rajamaha Viharaya, the place where the three chaithas were located became Galapatha Rajamaha Viharaya, where the additional Bodhi trees were planted became Bodhi Sameepa Rajamaha Viharaya and the where the temple (vehera) was located became Benvehera Rajamaha Viharaya completing all the components of the Panchamana Viharaya.

It was known that all these temples were connected through underground tunnels but any proof of these tunnels were missing until a garbage pit of Wanawasa Rajamaha Viharaya exposed a tunnel long forgotten.

After facing destruction and looting during the Dutch and the Portuguese occupations, today Wanawasi Rajamaha Viharaya is a normal Buddhist temple in all aspects but the uniqueness of this temple is this tunnel which now has been excavated and restored to a extent. An ancient rock pillar door frame at the entrance to this tunnel can still be seen today.
Anonymous

31 January 2018

Historical temple. Very beautiful
Anonymous

10 January 2018

Great place about 90 min from Colombo
Anonymous

11 November 2017

Ancient place, good to visit.
Anonymous

21 August 2017

An ancient historical temple.
Anonymous

29 June 2017

Nice temple
Anonymous

20 January 2017

Very much special temple. As the only most sacred relic (tooth) of most venerable arahant Kashyapa thero.
Anonymous

24 December 2016

Namo Buddhaya
Anonymous

11 December 2016

This temple is of great historic value and its history dates back to the period of King Nishshankamalla. It holds a well renown procession ("Perahera") on every month of December.
Anonymous

19 October 2016

This temple is very ancient temple.The Kashyapa maha thero's teeth is protect at this temple's stupa.This temple has very beautiful buddha mandiriya.The temple is billt by king 2 Prakramabahu.