(2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Loading...
Uduwara Shailatharama Maha Viharayaya has been established in 2434 BE (1890 CE). The building, which houses the Buddha image had been built in 1901. The land has been donated and the temple has been built by a pious doner, Odaris Gunatilleke of Kalutara who lived less than 300 meters away from the temple. His house too was built around the same time using the same architecture as the temple and still survives today. The temple had been known as the “Punchi Kelaniya” in the past and had been popular pilgrim destination. In the times when there were no roads and bridges across Kaluganaga, the devotees would have travelled on bullock carts and crossed the Kalu Ganga on ferries to reach the temple.
The paintings on the image house is similar to that of paintings at Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya. The sittaras of these paintings have been Solias Mendis, the same artist as Kalaniya and M Sarlis, one of his students.
It was reported in 2011 that these paintings were deteriorating due to a lack of maintenance of the buildings.
walking across the temple through its backyard, you can reach the Kalu Ganga. Granite stairs have been built from the surface to the river bottom. Rock pillars have been laid with an “L” shaped wall about 30m long parallel to the river. This location has been used as a bathing place by Buddhist monks of the temple and it is also as old as the temple.
An earth/concrete bund as a flood management plan for Kalutara river has been proposed and if this bunt is built, these granite steps will be lost.
Also See
Map of Uduwara Shailatharama Maha Viharaya
The map above also shows other places of interest within a approximately 20 km radius of the current site. Click on any of the markers and the info box to take you to information of these sites
Zoom out the map to see more surrounding locations using the mouse scroll wheel or map controls.
Travel Directions to Uduwara Shailatharama Maha Viharaya
| Route from Colombo to Uduwara Shailatharama Maha Viharaya |
| Time to Spend : 30-45 minutes Distance :54 km Travel time : 2 hours Driving directions : see on google map |
0-09 m (80) 10-19 m (69) 20-29 m (42) 30-39 m (47) 40-49 m (23) 50-99 m (43) Ambalama (152) Ancient Anicuts (31) Ashtapala Bodhi (5) Attraction Article (3) Attractions (200) Beaches (7) Biosphere Reserves (3) Botanical Gardens (3) Bridges (34) Caving (7) Church (11) Cities (9) Destinations (16) Dethis Pala Bodhi (15) Devalaya (41) Flora and Fauna (44) Forts (49) Heritage (1605) Heritage Article (28) Historic Events (5) History (7) Hot Springs (9) Hydro Heritage (85) Irrigation Article (4) Islands (15) Kovil (25) Lighthouses (27) Memorials (28) Mile Posts (6) Mosque (3) Museums (8) National Parks (22) over 100 m (15) Pabbatha Vihara (10) Personalities (7) Pillar/Slab Inscriptions (35) Pre Historic Burial Sites (19) Prehistory (37) Ravana (12) Reservoirs (44) Ruins in Wilpattu (5) Ruins in Yala (24) Santuaries (7) Sluice Gates (11) Stone Bridges (18) Strict Nature Reserves (3) Survey Towers (13) Tampita Vihara (239) Travel (3) View Points (9) Walawwa (12) Waterfalls (375) Wildlife Article (24) Yathuru Pokuna (4)
Abhayagiri Monastery (19) Ampara District (191) Anuradhapura District (194) Badulla District (105) Batticaloa District (19) Colombo District (62) Galle District (58) Gampaha District (49) Hambantota District (99) Jaffna District (69) Kalutara District (47) Kandy District (177) Kegalle District (147) Kilinochchi District (11) Kingdom of Anuradhapura (80) Kingdom of Kandy (14) Kingdom of Polonnaruwa (55) Kurunegala District (130) Maha Vihara (14) Mannar District (47) Mannar Island (10) Matale District (63) Matara District (26) Mihintale (22) Monaragala District (70) Mullaitivu District (19) Nuwara Eliya District (108) Polonnaruwa District (107) Puttalam District (24) Ratnapura District (142) Trincomalee District (44) Vavuniya District (28) z Jaffna 1 (20) z Jaffna 2 (22) z Jaffna 3 (11)