yudaganawa stupa යුදගනාව ස්තුපය
ඌව පළාතේ, මොනරාගල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ බුත්තල ප්‍රාෙද්ශිය ලෙකම් කොට්ඨාහයේ තුල පිහිටි ඓතිහාසික සිද්ධස්ථාන අතර වාස්තු විද්‍යාත්මක දායාදයක් වූ යුදඟනා චෙත්‍යයට හිමි වනුයේ අද්විතීය ස්ථානයකි. මොනරාගල - වැල්ලවාය ප්‍රධාන මාර්ගයේ වත්මන් බුත්තල නගරයේ සිට කි.මී. 2ක් පමණ දුරින් පිහිටි යුදඟනා චෙත්‍යය වූකලී ලක් දිව දක්නට ලැබෙන සුවිසල් දාගැබ් කිහිපයෙන් එකකි. දැනට ඌවේ ඇති විශාලම චෙත්‍යයද යුදඟනාවයි.
Lahugala Kotavehera | ලාහුගල කොට වෙහෙර - The Pilgrimage
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This is an ancient stupa belonging to the Kota Vehera Style lying on the Monaragala – Potvuil main road.
There are 4 identified kota vehera stupa’s around the country with minor differences.
Dadigama Kota Vehera
Deliwala Kota Vehera at Rambukkana
Damila Maha Seya at Polonnaruwa
Lahugala Kota Vehera
The massive Yudaganawa Stupa in Buttala was also thought to be a Kota Vehera but later studies has found this has been a complete stupa at one time.
Lahugala Kota Vehera has also been known as Kota Pabbatha, Kotagala Vehera and Lahugala Chethiya (Stupa). This complex is also said the have the largest image house ever found in the Rununa.
It is the general belief that this was the home for novice monk who was reborn as King Dutugemunu. and this stupa has been built to comomerate the birth of King Dutugemunu (161-131 BC).
Mahavamsa, The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka describes how a novice buddhist monk who lived in the Kotapabbatha (which is believed to be lahugala kota vehera) fell critically ill and how the queen viharamahadevi made a wish to him to become her son.
” ……… In the monastery named Kotapabbata there lived at that time a samanera, pious in his way of life, who was ever busied with various works of merit.
To mount the more easily to the courtyard of the Akasacetiya he fixed three slabs of stone as steps. He gave (the bhikkhus) to drink and did services to the brotherhood. Since his body was continually wearied a grievous sickness came upon him. The grateful bhikkhus, who brought him in a litter, tended him at the Tissarama, in the Silapassayaparivena.
Always when the self-controlled Vihäradevi had given lavish gifts to the brotherhood in the beautifully prepared royal palace, before the mid-day meal, she was used to take, after the meal, sweet perfumes, flowers, medicines and clothing and go to the arama and offer these (to the bhikkhus) according to their digrity.Now doing thus, at that time, she took her seat near the chief thera of the the community (in the vihara) and when expounding the true doctrine the thera spoke thus to her: `Thy great happiness thou hast attained by works of merit; even now must thou not grow weary of performing works of merit.’ But she, being thus exhorted, replied: `What is our happiness here, since we have no children? Lo, our happiness is therefore barren!’
The thera, who, being gifted with the six (supernormal) powers, foresaw that she would have children, said: `Seek out the sick samanera, O queen.’ She went thence and said to the samanera, who was near unto death: `Utter the wish to become my son; for that would be great happiness for us.’ And when she perceived that he would not the keen-witted woman commanded, to this end, great and beautiful offerings of flowers, and renewed her pleading.When he was yet unwilling, she, knowing the right means, gave to the brotherhood for his sake all manner of medicines and garments and again pleaded with. him. Then did he desire (rebirth for himself in) the king’s family, and she caused the place to be richly adorned and taking her leave she mounted the car and went her way. Hereupon the samanera passed away, and he returned to a new life in the womb of the queen while she was yet upon her journey; when she perceived this she halted. She sent that message to the king and returned with the king. When they two had both fulfilled the funeral rites for the samanera they, dwelling with collected minds in that very parivena, appointed continually lavish gifts for the brotherhood of bhikkhus. …. “
Resource - AmazingLanka.com
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Yudaganawa Temple is located close to Buttala on the Wellawaya– Buttala Road. This is one of the largest Stupas in the country and dates back to 2 nd century BC. This is thought to be place price Tissa and his brother price Gamini (Later The great king Dutugemunu) had a major battle after the death of his father King Kavanthissa (2 nd century BC)
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1. BUDDHA STATUE,ETHAGALA 7°29'6.24N 80°22'11.08E
2. FORT FREDERICK,TRINCOMALEE 8°34'40.93N 81°14'37.31E
3. JAMBUGODA MOSQUE,GALLE 6° 2'29.87N 80°13'32.91E
4. ANCIENT YUDAGANAWA STUPA(12TH CENTURY),BUTTALA 6°46'17.33N 81°13'59.70E
5. LIGHTHOUSE,GALLE FORT 6° 1'28.43N 80°13'10.07E
6. SACRED CITY OF POLLONNARUWA (1070 AD) 7°57'44.54N 81° 0'12.23E
7. HANGMAN'S TOWER,JAFFNA FORT 9°39'40.76N 80° 0'33.92E
8. DUTCH FORT,BATTICALOA 7°42'43.09N 81°42'7.68E
9. JETHAVANARAMAYA,ANURADHAPURA 8°21'5.67N 80°24'12.92E
10. SITULPAWWA STUPA & BUDDHIST MONASTERY 6°23'13.87N 81°27'2.67E
11. MIRISAWATIYA,ANURADHAPURA 8°20'41.99N 80°23'20.87E
12. SAAMA STUPA,UNAWATUNA 6° 0'22.18N 80°14'36.18E
13. SAMBODI CHAITIYA,COLOMBO 6°56'18.19N 79°50'31.07E
14. RAMAKELE STUPA(477-495 AD),SIGIRIYA 7°56'56.45N 80°44'50.26E
15. DONDRA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE 5°55'16.42N 80°35'38.86E
16. FORT JAFFNA 9°39'45.63N 80° 0'30.98E
17. TRINITY CHAPEL,KANDY 7°18'1.04N 80°38'17.93E
18. DAMBULLA CAVE & GOLDEN BUDDHA TEMPLES(1ST CENTURY BC) 7°51'31.62N 80°38'52.09E
19. OLD PARLIAMENT BUILDING,COLOMBO 6°55'51.49N 79°50'34.40E
20. YAPAHUWA STUPA & HERITAGE SITE (12TH CENTURY) 7°49'2.80N 80°18'38.00E
21. SIGIRIYA UNESCO ARCHEALOGY SITE 7°57'25.38N 80°45'36.75E
22. RANKOTH VEHERA,POLONNARUWA 7°57'29.65N 81° 0'11.43E
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