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Completed. 1270. Maha Saman Devalaya or the Great Saman Temple (also called Sumana Saman Devalaya) is a shrine dedicated to deity Saman, situated at Ratnapura, Sri Lanka who is the presiding deity of the Sri Pada Mountain which is also called Samanthakuta meaning the mountain of Saman which is believed to have the left foot impression of Buddha ...
Alawathugoda Saman Devalaya is an ancient Devalaya, situated in Alawatugoda, Sri Lanka. The shrine is dedicated to Sinhalese deity Saman. The history of the Devalaya is believed to be dated back to the reign of King Walagamba (89–77 BC) of Anuradhapura Kingdom. During the Portuguese era the shrine was burnt down by the Portuguese armies but ...
Maha Saman Devalaya – a shrine dedicated to the god Saman. The god Saman is (a Buddhist deity ) considered to be the guardian of Ratnapura. When the Portuguese captured Ratnapura, the ancient shrine that stood at this location was destroyed and a Portuguese church was constructed on top of it.
Saman Devalaya, Boltumbe: Boltumbe: Imbulpe: 22 November 2002: Sankhapala Raja Maha Vihara: Pallebedda: Embilipitiya: 22 November 2002: Tomb of Pussadewa, the cave with drip ledges and other 15 caves: Sri Chandrasekara Mudalindarama Purana Vihara: Mahawalathenna: Mahawalathenna: Balangoda: 6 July 2007: Image House and Hewisimandapa: Sri Mahinda ...
Kataragama devalaya with Gana devalaya in the background. According to legends, the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya was built by king Dutugemunu around 160 B.C. as a fulfillment of a vow made before undertaking his successful military campaign against the Chola invader king Elara who was occupying the then Sri Lankan capital at Anuradhapura.
Kataragama temple (Sinhala: රුහුණු කතරගම දේවාලය, lit. 'Ruhuṇu Kataragama Dēvālaya', Tamil: கதிர்காமம் முருகன் கோயில், lit. 'Katirkāmam Murugan Kōvil') in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, is a temple complex dedicated to Buddhist guardian deity Kataragama deviyo and ...
Balangoda Man refers to hominins from Sri Lanka's late Quaternary period. [1] The term was initially coined to refer to anatomically modern Homo sapiens from sites near Balangoda that were responsible for the island's Mesolithic 'Balangoda Culture'. [1][2] The earliest evidence of Balangoda Man from archaeological sequences at caves and other ...
District. Kandy District. Divisional secretariat. Akurana Divisional Secretariat. Time zone. UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) Alawathugoda (Sinhala: අලවතුගොඩ) is a village in Sri Lanka. It lies 14 km (9 mi) north of Kandy, on the road to Matale, in Kandy District of Central Province.