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Multi-periodSite Name: Mandalagiri ViharaCountry: Sri Lanka
NOTE: This site is 17.436 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Medirigiriya
Latitude: 8.156139N Longitude: 80.996137E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ancient Temple in Sri Lanka
The nice Mandalagiri Vihara is famous for his Vatadage. This is a kind of stupa house. It is pretty well preserved, with still four sitting buddha statues und many pillars. It looks similar to the famous Vatadage of Polonaruva ancient city. There are also some othe statues an stupas to see at this beautiful site.
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