Hetadage

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• Buddika Sampath

  12 May 2018

  This is more that 1000 years old

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• Pathum Nonis

  21 February 2018

  This is an ancient shrine which housed the tooth relic during the Polonnaruwa Kingdom. According to the inscriptions on a stone slab next to this building, this building has been built by King Nissanka Malla (1187-1196) to house the tooth relic of Buddha. But it is unclear whether this was built by king Parakramabahu (1153-1186) and was renovated by Nissanka Malla (1187-1196) or whether Nissanka Malla (1187-1196) himself built it. Reason for this doubt is the description of a large relic house built by Parakramabahu (1153-1186) in the chronicles and inability to find this in the Polonnaruwa area. Also King Nissanka Malla (1187-1196) is well-known for taking the credit for things others have done by just doing renovation work.
  
  This building is much larger than the Atadage and is surrounded by solid stone walls. In design it is similar to Atadage with two floors. Stone steps to the upper floor are still in place. The upper floor has been probably made out of wood and the tooth relic would have been housed here. On the ground floor remains of three standing Buddha statues can be seen.
  
  “Heta” means sixty and because of this, it is presumed that this building was called by this name because it was completed in sixty days or it housed sixty relics with tooth relic of Buddha.
  
  Another important factor of this building is the Sandakada Pahana (the moonstone) at the entrance. This is a rare instance of a lion appearing on the moon stone. Generally the lion and the bull is not seen in the moonstones in the Polonnaruwa Era.

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• Rangika Halwatura

  12 January 2018

  This was again built at Polonnaruwa era and still the real owner of this is uncleared. However, this is more than 1000 years old now. This was assumed to be used as the temple tooth in Polonnaruwa era.
  
  Building is not in a good form, however, still the pride is visible with the remains there. purely a stone construction and no evidence is there to judge the type of roof of this building

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• Denuwan ATTILIGODA VITHANAGE

  01 January 2018

  Great history of Sri Lanka.

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• Anoma Jayaratne

  01 December 2017

  Hatadage (Sinhala: හැටදාගේ) is an ancient relic shrine in the city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. It was built by Nissanka Malla, and had been used to keep the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha. The Hatadage had been built using stone, brick and wood, although only parts of the brick and stone walls now remain. It appears to have been a two-storey structure, but the upper storey has now been destroyed. Three Buddha statues carved out of granite rock are located within a chamber of the shrine.

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• Aravindha Kumarasinghe

  09 September 2017

  Hatadage (Sinhala: හැටදාගේ) is an ancient relic shrine in the city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. It was built by Nissanka Malla, and had been used to keep the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha.

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• Ruwan Chaminda Sampath

  04 September 2017

  Wonderful building

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• Asanka Wickramarathne

  22 August 2017

  This is an historic place in sri kanka. Lot if things to learn about polonnaruwa era. Once this was a 7 story castle. Now it is ruined. Even though you can still see the majestic look through the ruins. It is beyond our imagination..

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• Sunimal Rathnayake

  15 July 2017

  Built by King Nishshankaamalla next to Sath mahal Prasada. Apart from the rooftop other parts of the building is still preserved. Worth watching

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• TripMalabar Travels LLP

  04 April 2017

  Words cant do justice to this place

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• Ranga Asanka Dharmarathna

  26 March 2017

  Heta-dageya, The name 'Heta' mean this was build in 60 sri lanka ours. (1 sri lanka our is longer than standard hour). 'dageya' mean stupa. All made by heavy rock blocks.

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• Dilan Shanuka Monnankulama

  07 February 2017

  This is an ancient shrine which housed the tooth relic during the Polonnaruwa Kingdom. According to the inscriptions on a stone slab next to this building, this building has been built by King Nissanka Malla (1187-1196) to house the tooth relic of Buddha. But it is unclear whether this was built by king Parakramabahu (1153-1186) and was renovated by Nissanka Malla (1187-1196) or whether Nissanka Malla (1187-1196) himself built it. Reason for this doubt is the description of a large relic house built by Parakramabahu (1153-1186) in the chronicles and inability to find this in the Polonnaruwa area. Also King Nissanka Malla (1187-1196) is well-known for taking the credit for things others have done by just doing renovation work.
  
  This building is much larger than the Atadage and is surrounded by solid stone walls. In design it is similar to Atadage with two floors. Stone steps to the upper floor are still in place. The upper floor has been probably made out of wood and the tooth relic would have been housed here. On the ground floor remains of three standing Buddha statues can be seen.
  
  “Heta” means sixty and because of this, it is presumed that this building was called by this name because it was completed in sixty days or it housed sixty relics with tooth relic of Buddha.
  
  Another important factor of this building is the Sandakada Pahana (the moonstone) at the entrance. This is a rare instance of a lion appearing on the moon stone. Generally the lion and the bull is not seen in the moonstones in the Polonnaruwa Era.

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• Riyancie Mathews

  05 August 2016

  All visitors are informed to be mindful of the attire. It was a shame to see some foreign nationals in embarresment when the cultural police stopped them from entering without formal the dress code. There are two sides to this. One, that the site is considered holy grounds and thus require certain modesty. However on the other hand tourists are not well informed of local requirments and since they are on tour cannot expect them to carry around a separate set of dress. You will mostly find bikers on tour who will find a pair of shorts more convinent, with a skinny to go with our humid weather. This is a NO NO to the administrators. The Govt. should find a go between.
  Another sad situation is the cultural cops in charge cannot manage the language. On my visit to Tadage recently the cop blew a whistel on a touring family. He was exhausting his best English and sign language to explain his point, until both parties were heating up. Finally my wife intervened to translate. Outcome was, an elder boy in the group sacrificing his T-shirt to a lady (maybe his mom) The poor guy had to sit in the scorching sun bare body red in embarresment until the others made the tour without him.
  
  I believe all hotels and restaurents should advise their guests on local requirments as a customer service.

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• Suhiman Rasmad

  25 June 2016

  Ok

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