The Tampita Viharaya at the Udasgiriya Bomaluwa Purana Viharaya is comparatively small and is built on 9 short granite stumps. There is no room for a circumambulating path. A granite stairway leads to a massive door door frame to the image house of the Tampita Viharaya.
Medabedda Sri Bodhimalu Purana Viharaya is a Buddhist temple in Medabedda, Matale with ruins of an ancient Tampita Viharaya built during the Kandyan Kingdom. The temple lies off 7 km off Galewela town.
The Tampita Viharaya at the Pamunuwa Purana Viharaya is comparatively small and is built on 9 short granite stumps. There is a narrow ledge with no protective rail around the image house not wide enough to be a circumambulating path.
The Tampita Viharaya at the Gurubebila Purana Viharaya is built on short granite stumps as the center part of a larger building. A narrow circumambulating path with no protective rail surrounds the image house. The roof covers both the Tampita Viharaya and the outer hall.
Muwandeniya Sri Dammaloka Purana Viharaya consists of a Tampita Viharaya built during the Kandyan era. Unfortunately the Tampita Viharaya at the Muwandeniya temple has been completely rebuilt and has lost its architectural and archaeological value.
Selagama Bulathwatta Purana Viharaya consists of a Tampita Viharaya built during the Kandyan era. Unfortunately the Tampita Viharaya has been completely rebuilt. The image house is no longer on pillars but on a cemented platform built burying the pillars.
The Wasgamuwa National Park lies within the Polonnaruwa and Matale Districts and is easily reachable from number of tourist locations.
Katudeniya Purana Viharaya lies in the Ukuwela PS in the District of Kandy. The origins of this temple is unknown but according to folklore this temple has been in existence during the period of Prince Wijayapala of Matale Godapola Nuwara.
The Chitiya at the Menikdena is built on a raised platform is quite large. There is evidence that the Chithiya once had the four flowered alters and granite Buddha images facing the four cardinal directions.
This 75 meter high Pitawala Pathana Ella Fall No 1 lies deep inside the jungle of Pitawala Pathana on the Patana Dola. To reach to fall you would need to hike passing the now abandoned Pathana Gama and take a guide.
Potana Rajamaha Viharaya in Sigiriya lies in a cave complex in Sigiriya which have proved to have a historical as well as pre historical value. This cave has been proved to have been used by humans since 6000 BP
Arambepola Ambalama is a small Ambalama lying between Akurana and Alawathugoda on the main road to Matale from Kandy. Made out of clay/cement the the roof is covered with a tin roof today.
A large wooden Ambalama (way side rest) probably built during Kendyan era. The structure is completely made of wood decorated with various carvings.
Malgamandeniya is a small agricultural village in Akurana, Matale District. The wooden Ambalama at Malgamandeniya lies on the edge of a paddy field interior to the main road. The structure stands on 4 huge raised wooden beams. The roof is held by another four pillars connected to the floor beams. It seems that the Ambalama…
Padiwita Ambalama, and ancient wayside rest lies in middle of a paddy field in the Matale District. History of this Ambalama is not known but it can be presumed that this has been built during the Kandyan kingdom, before the British invasion.
The legends of the Bambawa Rajamaha Viharaya goes back to to time of King Wattagamini Abhaya better known as king Walagamba. The king came to power in 104 BC but invaders from South India captured the capital within the same year.
This temple is believed to be first built by the king Devanampiyatissa (250-210 BC) of Anuradhapura kingdom. The murals we see today at the Sri Nilagiri Rajamaha Viharaya has been of course done by the Sittaras of Nilagama.
According to popular legend, The Awariyapathaha Rajamaha Viharaya was first built by king Vattagamini Abaya better known as king Walagamba (89-77 BC). There has been 2 dilapidated stupa’s on rock in the recent past, one has been totally destroyed by treasure looters along with many other ancient artifacts.
Silvathgala Rajamaha Viharaya is an typical village temple in Bambarakatupotha on the Galewela – Kalawewa Road close to the Devahuwa Reservoir. Silvathgala, so named due to being the adobe of a unordained monk in the ancient past is an small rocky outcrop on the edges of Devahuwa Reservoir.
The aptly named Gerandigala (the rat snake rock) is a rocky outcrop over 1 km long running parallel to the Galewela – Kalawewa Road near the small town called Damunumulla. Unlike many other rocky outcrops with flat top surfaces, the spine of this rock holds several precariously balanced boulders placed like the plates on the…
