The Nakha Vehera belongs to the Mahayana tradition and constructed during 7-10th centuries (late late Anuradhapura era). The square shape Sthupa is one of the four square shaped dagoba in Sri Lanka and would have been similar to the Satmahal Prasadaya in Polonnaruwa. Ruins of several other buildings are visibled in the close vicinity and needs more attention of the relevant authorities.

Nakha vehera believed to be a Buddhist monument belonged to the Mahayana chapter... different from other Stupas...

Nakha vehera believed to be a Buddhist monument belonged to the Mahayana chapter... different from other Stupas...

Belived to be built between the 5-7 Centuries and for Mahayana Buddhists.This was built by bricks and still remains solid.Like usual no actions are taken to preserve this monument and also proper access and directions are not posted.

(Translated by Google) Nakha Vehera - Anuradhapura Located in the Pankuliya area in Anuradhapura, this isolated building was built using the nutshell architecture similar to the Sathmahal Pradeshiya Sabha in Polonnaruwa, Jethavanarama Gedige and the 'A' building. This is common in the Mahayana Buddhism countries such as Thailand and Myanmar. The Mahayana ideas that influenced the country during the 7th to 9th centuries can be attributed to such buildings. Hindu temples were created using the Gedi style of south India, so this is a good example of the Hindu philosophy of contemporary Buddhism. The ruins of some other buildings are scattered around this building and the ruins of a statue can be clearly seen. (Original) නඛා වෙහෙර - අනුරාධපුරය අනුරාධපුර, පන්කුලිය ප්‍රදේශයේ හමුවන මෙම හුදෙකලා ගොඩනැගිල්ල පොළොන්නරුවේ සත්මහල් ප්‍රාසාදය, ජේතවනාරාම ගෙඩිගේ, 'ඒ' ගොඩනැගිල්ල යන ගොඩනැගිලි වලට සමාන ආකාරයේ ගෙඩිගේ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පය උපයෝගී කරගෙන කළ නිර්මාණයකි. තායිලන්තය සහ මියන්මාරය වැනි මහායාන බුද්ධාගම පවත්නා රටවල මෙය සුලභ වන අතර ක්‍රි.ව. 7 - 9 සියවස් වලදී මෙරටට බලපෑ මහායාන අදහස් නිසා මෙවැනි ගොඩනැගිලි නිර්මාණය වූ බව සැලකිය හැකිය. දකුණු ඉන්දියාවේ ගෙඩිගේ ශෛලිය විශාල ලෙස භාවිතා කරමින් හින්දු කෝවිල් නිර්මාණය කර ඇති අතර එමනිසා මෙය සමකාලීනව බුදු දහමට ඇතුළු වූ හින්දු මතවාදයන් වලටද මනා උදාහරණයක් වේ. මෙම ගොඩනැගිල්ල ආසන්නයේ තවත් ගොඩනැගිලි වල නටබුන් විසිරී පවතින අතර ප්‍රතිමා ගෘහයක නටබුන් පැහැදිලිව හඳුනාගත හැකිය.

This Temple has a historical back ground and it is located with rocky are.

Nakha Vehera ( Naka Vehera) of Anuradhapura is one of the hidden gems which is rarely visited in Anuradhapura. There are 4 known square shaped stupa’s in Sri Lanka. The most popular is the Sathmahal Prasadaya of Polonnaruwa kingdom built during 11th -13th century. The rest of the 3 stupas can be found in the ancient Anuradhapura kingdom which are rarely visited by the pilgrims. One of these stupa’s is Nakha Vehera. The other 2 belongs to the Abhayagiriya Monastic Complex. One of them is known as Indikatu Seya (aka Prasada Stupa). The other lies west of Eth Pokuna on the western border of the Abhayagiri Monastery. The Nakha Vehera belongs to the late late Anuradhapura era ( 7-10th centuries) and belongs to the Mahayana tradition like all other square stupas. The base is about 9×9 meters and ruins of an image house and some other buildings has been discovered in the close vicinity of this stupa. The stupa lies 200 meters away from the Watawandara Road and a gravel road from the sign board can be barely seen. Once you take this turn, the road amost disappears due to disuse and 1-2 feet tall shrubs has taken over the road clearing. During rainy season the path becomes so muddy, only a 4 wheel drive will be able to make up to the stupa.

(Translated by Google) Anapana Veherak not high attention (Original) වැඩි අවධානයකට යොමු නොවු පුරාන වෙහෙරක්

This stupa belongs to the late anuradhapura period (around 7th - 10th centuries AD). Believed to be influenced by the Mahayana tradition. The remains of a conical shaped stupa and surrounding buildings including a image house is visible.

This please needs to be look after and protect.

It was an old ruin belongs to anuradhapura kingdom.it was different than other monasteries.because of its architecture ....its unique.this place should be conserved

Nakha Vehera ( Naka Vehera) of Anuradhapura is one of the hidden gems which is rarely visited in Anuradhapura. There are 4 known square shaped stupa’s in Sri Lanka. The most popular is the Sathmahal Prasadaya of Polonnaruwa kingdom built during 11th -13th century. The rest of the 3 stupas can be found in the ancient Anuradhapura kingdom which are rarely visited by the pilgrims. One of these stupa’s is Nakha Vehera. The other 2 belongs to the Abhayagiriya Monastic Complex. One of them is known as Indikatu Seya (aka Prasada Stupa). The other lies west of Eth Pokuna on the western border of the Abhayagiri Monastery.

Naka Vihara is a dagoba belonging to the late Anuradhapura period between 7-10 centuries C.E. and located in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The dagoba has been built with bricks and square in shape. The site was constructed according to an unusual model and would have been similar to the seven story building (Satmahal Prasadaya) in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Excavations done at this location revealed several clay caskets. Add photos when you visit.

google location incorrect. correctblocation is 1km before.

Old os Gold Square temple!

Beautiful place to visit

Rare Buddhist stupa found in Sri Lanka

Old temple

Very good location ! Ancient place!!

This stupa built in bricks, is square in shape. This is contructed according to an unusual model and would have been similar to the 7 storeyed building in polonnarawa..

Nice Place

only a foot path to the site from the Watawandana road.