The seven-storied temple building and shrine room, housing the largest statue of the Buddha in a meditative posture ...

These images Professor Perera states led to the ideas pertaining to the turning out of colossal statues of the Buddha in Sri Lanka. The first attempt was the carving of the Avukana Buddha Image in the ...

The President has already declared a Sambuddha Jayanthi year in Sri Lanka where a huge programme is being drawn up to commemorate the Jayanthi. A Buddha statue is to be installed close to the ...

“And obviously, the statue of the Buddha in this temple,” he said ... Surrounded by framed posters of Sri Lanka, they chanted sutras in Pāli language in front of a flowered-decorated ...

The ancient statue of the Buddha in Gadaladeniya Sri Saddharmatileka historic temple in Pilimathalawa destroyed by the Portuguese invaders in the 16 century was replaced with a new statue yesterday.

Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major ...

Explore Sri Lanka’s largest cave temple complex, filled with Buddha statues, frescoes, and timeless heritage.

Also located near is the first Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka, known as Maha Viharaya, established by King Devanam Piyatissa in 250 BCE. At the Dambulla Cave Temple, a network of intricately adorned ...

It ranks among the very first temples in Sri Lanka ... by a giant reclining Buddha, attended eagerly by images of divine and human personages. Another cave with a Buddha statue running its ...

The newly constructed ‘Makara Thorana’ of the historic Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Viharaya, Karagampitiya, Dehiwala was recently opened under the auspices of Ven Shashtrapathi Ven Dodanduwe Sirikara ...