Dodanthale Raja Maha Vihara
Dodanthale Raja Maha Vihara | |
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දොඩන්තලේ රජ මහා විහාරය | |
Buddhist Temple | |
Style | Tempita Vihara |
Completed | 1748 |
Dodanthale Raja Maha Vihara (also known as Sri Seneviratne Uposatha Raja Maha Vihara) is an historic
History
The temple at Dodantale was first designed by chief
The building is 15.3 m (50 ft) long and 12.3 m (40 ft) wide, with twelve entrance steps up to the hall. The ground floor of the vihara is used as a preaching hall, with two wooden staircases leading up to the second floor. The roof is tiled with Koku Ulu tiles.
Image house
The temple is well known for its image house, built in Tempita Vihara tradition. Usually the pillars used for the many of other Tempita buildings found in the country are about 0.9–1.23 m (3.0–4.0 ft) in height. However the pillars used in Dodantale temple are about 1.84 m (6.0 ft) in height[4] and has been built as a two storied structure where the ground floor serve as the preaching hall (Bana Maduwa) and the upper floor as the image house.[5]
There are three Buddha statues in the image house at the upper floor which is surrounded by a veranda. All the statues are curved out of timber.
References
- ^ "Protected Monument List 2012-12-12" (PDF). Department of Archaeology. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 10. 10 November 1978.
- ISBN 978-955-575-077-6.
- ^ "ටැම්පිට විහාර සම්ප්රදාය". Divaina. Upali Newspapers. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
සමහර ටැම්පිට විහාර වල ගල්කණු පොළව මට්ටමේ සිට අඩි 6 ක් පමණ උසින් පිහිටන අවස්ථාද ඇත. එයට කදිම නිදසුන මාවනැල්ලේ දොඩම්තලේ රජමහා විහාරය හා අම්බුළුගල රජමහා විහාරයේ පිහිටි ටැම්පිට විහාරයි. (translation = The height of stone pillars of some Tempita temples are about 6 feet from the ground. The best examples for that kind of Tempita Vihara are Mawanella Dodamthale Rajamaha Vihara and Ambulugala Rajamaha Vihara.)
- ^ Coomaraswamy, A. K. (1908). Mediæval Sinhalese Art. Essex House Press. p. 118.
- ISBN 978-955-0093-01-4.
- ^ Coomaraswamy 1908, p. 212.
- ^ Coomaraswamy 1908, p. 211.
- ^ National Museums of Sri Lanka (1907). Spolia Zeylanica, Volumes 1-4. National Museums of Sri Lanka. p. 7.