Silachetiya (Kujjatissa) Stupa

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• Sathimantha Malalasekera

  12 May 2018

  නොදන්නා අයගේ දැනගැනීම පිණිස. කුජ්ජ තිස්ස මහරහතන් වහන්සේ යනු සිරිලකට ධර්මය ලබාදීමට සුවිශාල දායකත්වයක් කල ධර්මාශෝක නිරිඳුන්ගේ ලංකාවෙහි පුනරුත්පත්තියෙන් පසු ලද පැවිදි නාමයයි. උන්වහන්සේගේ උතුම් අරහත් ධාතු නිදන් කල ස්ථූපය මෙයයි.

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• Anoma Jayaratne

  30 March 2018

  The stupa called Silachetiya (Sila Chetiya) is also known as Kujjatissa Stupa since this has been associated with a bikku by the same name who is said to have had miraculous powers.
  
  According to the information board installed by the Department of Archaeology, it is believed that this stupa has been built during the period king Saddhatissa (137 – 119 BC). The Chronicles of Mahavamsa and the Manorathapurani identifies this stupa as Sila Chethiya. According to Manorathapurani, when the bikku Kujjatissa passed away, the body has levitated and moved to the location of Sila Chetiya and performed miracles. The existing structure has architectural features of late Anuradhapura period. The maps drown in the 19th century by Major Skinner also identifies this stupa as Sila Chetiya.

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• SAN Programming

  30 April 2017

  Good minds

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