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BUDDURUWAGALA

The tallest Buddha statue sculpted out of the rock in this country is the Buduruwagala upright Buddha statue by way of height as well as the width. it is 51 feet. the Buddha statue may have been completed subsequently. and the statue of Avalokithesvara would have been sculpted during 8th &10th centuries.can reach to Buduruwagala from Colombo via Rathnapura Balangoda,Koslanda about 222km.

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DABEGODA BOSATH STATUE

The Walking Distance From The Maligawila Buddha Statue To Dabegoda Bosath Statue That Is Another Wonder And Feet Is 34.This Statue Could Be Dated To The 7th Century. And Archaeologists Believe Both Malagawila And Dabegoda May Have Belonged To A Single Monastic Complex. That There Had Been a Hospital to Cure the Blind Here.

KATARAGAMA

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Kataragama is one of the 16 principal places of Buddhist pilgrimage to be visited in Sri Lanka. According to the chronicle of Sri Lankan history the Mahawamsa, when the Bo-sapling or Pipil tree sapling under which Gotama Buddha attained enlightenment in North India was brought to the city of Anuradhapura 2,300 years ago, the warriors or Kshatriyas from Kataragamawere present on the occasion to pay homage and respect.The Buddhist Kiri Vehera Dagoba which stands in close proximity to the Hindu temple was builtby the King Mahasena. According to the legend, Lord Buddha, on his third and the last visit to Sri Lanka, was believed to have met the King Mahasena who ruled over the Kataragama area in 580 BC. Thus the local Sinhalese Buddhists believe that Kataragama was sanctified by Lord Buddha. The King met the Lord Buddha and listened to the Buddha's discourse and as a token of gratitude, the Dagoba was built on that exact spot where it now stand

MALIGAWILA BUDDHA STATUE

Here Is a Colossus of a Buddha Statue Made Wholly of a Single Block Of dolomite Marble in the Round, That It Could Be Created in Such Perfection of from as Far Back As The 7th Century. This is standing 36 feet from pedestal to crest it is situated 17-kilometres off the main Katharagama-Buththala road from the Kubbukkana junction.