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Beligammana Raja Maha Vihara

Coordinates: 07°15′00.5″N 80°27′16.2″E / 7.250139°N 80.454500°E / 7.250139; 80.454500
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Beligammana Raja Maha Vihara
බෙලිගම්මන රජ මහා විහාරය
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
DistrictKegalle
ProvinceSabaragamuwa Province
Location
LocationMawanella, Sri Lanka
Geographic coordinates07°15′00.5″N 80°27′16.2″E / 7.250139°N 80.454500°E / 7.250139; 80.454500
Architecture
TypeBuddhist Temple
Completed1820[1]

Beligammana Raja Maha Vihara (also known as Beligammana Pothgul Vihara) is a Buddhist temple situated in Mawanella, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It is lies on the ColomboKandy main road, approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) away from the Mawanella town.

Constructed in the early part of the 19th century, this temple is presently declared as an archaeological protected monument by the Department of Archaeology.[2] The designation was declared on 7 December 2001 under the government Gazette number 1214.[3]

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  1. ^ "බෙලිගම්මන පුරාණ විහාරය කඩා බුදු පිළිම 27ක් හා කරඬු 2ක් පැහැරගෙන යති (In Sinhala)". Rivira. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Beligammana Pothgul Viharaya". LankaPradeepa. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Gazette". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1214. 7 December 2001.