OUR TEMPLE - MULKIRIGALA RAJAMAHA VIHARAYA



                                Our temple is MULKIRIGALA RAJAMAHA VIHARAYA. Mulkirigala rajamaha vihara is an ancient Buddhist temple in Mulkirigala , Sri Lanka. It has been built on a 205 m high natural rock, surrounded with another four rocks known as Benagala, Bisogala, Kondagala and Seelawathigala. The temple site is located about 2 km from the Mulkirigala junction and can be reached from either Dikwella or tangalla town.The temple has been formally recognised by the government as an archaeological site in sri lanka. The  designation was declared on 8 april 1988 under the government gazette.



                                    Except its most common name mulkirigala, the temple is also referred to as mulgirigala, muvathitigala, muvadungiri and dakkhina vihara. As the temple has been constructed on a massive natural rock similar to sigiriya, to site this known as punchi seegiriya by the locals. As mentioned in the Bhodi Vamsa chornicle , one of the temples known as giriba viharaya is where one of the bo saplings out of 32 saplings germinated from Jayasri maha bhodi is planted, which was currently identified as mulkirigala temple. During the polonnaruwa period this temple was known as samuddagiri viharaya, According to the kamburupitiya wanaratana tero , who had read the stone inscription of the pond.

                                        In the 18th century the mulkirigala rock was called as adam's berg by the dutch. It is believed that Europeans confused Mulkirigala with the Sri pada with the assumption that tombs of Adam and Eve were located here. 

     

 
 




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