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Pannipitiye
Devram
Vehera
is
a
unique
temple
in
many
ways.
The
temple
grounds
are
beautified
by
numerous
types
of
flora,
various
stupas
and
other
religious
buildings,
similar
to
those
found
in
India.
A
relatively
new
temple,
its
foundation
was
laid
in
August
1999,
and
it
was
first
established
on
an
area
of
just
14
perches.
But
following
a
donation
of
a
huge
area
of
land,
by
the
parents
of
a
military
officer
who
died
in
the
war,
the
total
area
of
the
temple
is
now
almost
nine
acres.
among
his
many
undertakings,
the
most
significant
would
probably
be
his
venture
of
documenting
the
entire
Thripitakaya
on
stone
tablets.
“It
is
only
because
ancient
Buddha
statues
and
other
edifices
were
carved
out
of
stone
that
we
actually
know
what
the
Buddha
even
looked
like.
These
have
survived
over
thousands
of
years
because
they
were
done
on
stone.
Similarly,
I
thought
if
I
start
documenting
the
Thripitakaya,
then
it
would
survive
for
another
thousand
years,
and
future
generations
could
benefit
from
the
wonderful
teachings
of
the
Dhamma,”
the
Thera
said.
One
stone
tablet
is
8
feet
tall,
3
feet
wide
and
4
inches
thick.
We
have
completed
only
10
over
the
past
month,
and
to
document
the
entire
Thripitakaya
we
will
need
1700
stone
tablets
in
total.
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