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Sri Maha Bodhi Anuradhapura Ruwanweli Maha StupaLowamahapaya / Brazen Palace Abhayagiri ViharaElephant Pond The Twin Ponds Refectory Hall Thuparama Stupa Jethavana Vihara The Samadhi StatueMoonstone Anuradhapura
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Sri Maha Bodhi AnuradhapuraThe enlightenment of Lord
Buddha took place under a Botree which is situated at
Buddhagaya, State of Bihar in
India.
Nun Sangamittha arrived to
Sri lanka with a branch from
the right hand side of the
sacred Bo tree at buddhagaya.
As proved the arrival of Nun
Sangamittha was at Dambakola
Patuna in 247 B.C, At the time
of King Devanampiya Tissa.
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The 3 main Ceremonies
held to worship the sacred
Bo tree,
Aluth Sahal M angall aya
New year & Nanu Mura
Mangallaya
Karthika Mangallaya
Today many devotees visit Sri
Maha Bodhi in order to show
their respect and to make vows.
Currently the entrance to the
Sri Maha Bodhi is shown in the
bottom picture.
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Ruwanweli Maha Stupa
An image of The Ruwanweli Maha Stupa
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The original stupawas modeled in theshape of a pure "water bubble".
The above picture is the current image of
Ruwanweli maha stupa.
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The above image is the entrance to the Ruwanweli Maha
Stupa.
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The Snake charmer tries to offer us a show, When
on our way to Ruwanweli maha stupa !!
UMMMMMMM!!! Yikes !!! No thanks!!
But the snake show attracts many foreigners !!!
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Lowamahapaya / Brazen Palace
Lowamahapaya or the main monastery or the brazen
palace is situated in between Sri Maha Bodhi and
Ruwanwelisaya towards the east direction.
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Abhayagiri Vihara
Abhayagiri Vihara was built by King Valagamba, Which
was fortified by educated buddhist monks.
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The last known
renovation was done by
King Parakrama Bahu.
Today as shown above in the image, Renovationactivities are been held to bring rebuild the unique
Abhayagiri Vihara.
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Elephant Pond
This is the bathing tank of the Abhayagir i Vihara.
This is the largest bathing pond found in Anuradhapura
measuring 150 ft. by 500 ft. The stone walls of this large tank
are impressive.
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As for the huge size the name too goes together !!!
There are many unique techniques which have been used
to build this magnificent structure.
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The Twin Ponds
Close to Abhayagiri are the Twin Ponds, Kuttam Pokuna.
The walls and floors are of cut granite slabs; buried pipes
both filled and drained the ponds.
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The pots which are placed at the entrance of the ponds
are known as punkalas, The symbol which gave the meaning
PLENTY.
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Refectory Hall
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The above images show the Monksdining hall.
This stone boat were filled with rice which nearly fed upto 5000 Monks.
It is known that the devotees who offered cooked rice as
alms.
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Thuparama Stupa
Above is an old image of the Thuparama Stupa.
This is know as the oldest and the first stupa built in Sri lanka
by King Devanampiya Tissa.
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Thuparama stupa has been
built in the shape of a heap of
paddy.
Also this has been renovated
from time to time and been
rebuilt by kings.
The above image is the
current entrance to thestupa. And the right
image is a side view of
Thuparama.
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Jethavana Vihara
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The Samadhi StatueThe Samadhi Statue is situated
at Mahamevuna Park in
Anuradhapura, SriLanka. found
in 1880 AD. This was known as
an extra ordinary creation of theSinhala sculpture.
Buddha is depicted in the positionof the DhyanaMudra, the posture of
meditation associated with his first
Enlightenment, also called Nirvana.
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The Eyes of the
statue were adorned
with diamonds, whichwas later in 1914 AD
pulled out by treasure
hunters causing more
damages to the statue.
The current image of the statue is shown in the
above picture.
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Moonstone Anuradhapura
The moon stone is an unique architecture of ancient
Sri- Lanka.
It is an elaborately carved semi circular stone slab,
Placed at the bottom of the entrance.
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The Outer Rings
FlamesFor never ending life.
AnimalsBir th, Sickness, Decay, & Death.
LiyavelUnending desires.
SwansDiscriminate good & bad.
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Inner Rings
Lotusas Nibbana
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