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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kahandawa Purana Viharaya - Ancient Temple in Sri Lanka

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 03 September 2014  Page Views: 3409

Multi-periodSite Name: Kahandawa Purana Viharaya Alternative Name: Kahadawa temple rock
Country: Sri Lanka
NOTE: This site is 680.024 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Hungama  Nearest Village: Ranna
Latitude: 6.085823N  Longitude: 80.871980E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : The Kasagala dagoba with the typical ancient temple water basin. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Sri Lanka

The Kahandawa dagoba is situated on a 80m high rock. On the rock inscriptions of the 2nd-3rd century CE could be found. Around the temple ruins of caves in which Buddhist Bhikkhus had taken refuge has been found.
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Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Trees beneath the top. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Dagoba on the Kasagala rock. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Dagoba with tree in the foreground. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : View from the rock to the landscape. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Better view of the ancient inscriptions. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : The Kasagala rock with dagoba (stupa) from afar.

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Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Panorama of the dagoba.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Another view of the basin on the top of the rock.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Buddha statues in a cave beneath the top.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : The dagoba.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : The water basin.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Info board.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : The way up to the dagoba.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : The temple site from afar.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : On the top of the rock.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : The rock with the dagoba.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Some caves behind the hedges and trees.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : View from the rock.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Kasagala rock stone bowl.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Kasagala rock.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : Another ancient inscription at Kasagala temple.

Kahandawa Purana Viharaya
Kahandawa Purana Viharaya submitted by KaiHofmann : The ancient inscription at Kasagala temple.

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