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99CR+5FW Abhayagiri Complex, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

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4.80 (54 reviews)

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  • 5/5 Narendran S. 4 years ago on Google
    Guard stone Ancient ruins of Sri Lanka
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Davide P. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Palace of Jewels or main chapter house of Abhayagiri monastery, built in the 8th century. from Mahinda II and originally 5 stories high. It has a magnificent sculpture placed at the entrance depicting the usual Nagaraja on a dwarf, in the shadow of a seven-headed cobra, bearing various symbols of prosperity: lotus flowers, a flowering branch and an urn. (Original) Palazzo dei gioielli o sala capitolare principale del monastero di Abhayagiri, costruito nell'VIII sec. da Mahinda II e in origine alto 5 piani. Ha una magnifica scultura posta all'entrata raffigurante il solito Nagaraja su un nano, all'ombra di un cobra a sette teste, recante vari simboli di prosperità: fiori di loto, un ramo in fiore e un'urna.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Janaka W. 4 years ago on Google
    This is the Uposatha house of the Abhayagiri Vihara Complex built by King Kanitta Tissa (192-194 AD). What Lova Maha Prasada was to Maha Vihara complex, Rathna Prasada is to Abhayagiri. The competition of these two sects of monks can be seen from the size and name of the buildings. Even the names seem to be competing with each other. When Maha viharians called their building the The Copper Palace, The Abhayagians called theirs the Jewel palace. The size too seems to be not second to the Loha Maha Paya. The size of this building can be guessed even today by the gigantic stone pillars that stand today. Until recently this site was called the elephant stable due to the monolithic pillars on the site.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Thisuri L. 1 year ago on Google
    Rathna Prasadaya was a skyscraper built by King Kanittha Tissa who ruled Ceylon from 167 to 186 AD. Mihindu II and Mihindu IV renovated the building during the 8th and 10th centuries. The bhikkhus of the Tapovana belonging to the Pansakulika sect resided here. Beautiful guard stones of the Abhayagiri Viharaya were found here. The most beautiful and perfect guardstone of the Anuradhapura era which stands today can be seen here.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 kumara L. 3 years ago on Google
    best.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kashmira D. 1 year ago on Google
    Very important historical land in Anuradhapura. Professor Senarath Paranavithana considers this place as a university of monks in the past. It is clear from the large stone pillars that are still there today that it consisted of several floors. A watchtower of historical importance is also present at this place. Currently, the most artistic Sadakadapahana in Sri Lanka is located 100 meters away from this place.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Noordeen Mohamed N. 5 years ago on Google
    Rathna Prasadaya was a skyscraper built by King Kanittha Tissa who ruled Ceylon from 167 to 186 AD. Mihindu II and Mihindu IV renovated the building during the 8th and 10th centuries. The bhikkhus of the Tapovana belonging to the Pansakulika sect resided here. Beautiful guard stones of the Abhayagiri Viharaya were found here. The most beautiful and perfect guardstone of the Anuradhapura era which stands today can be seen here. Rathna Prasadaya was a skyscraper built by King Kanittha Tissa who ruled Ceylon from 167 to 186 AD. Mihindu II and Mihindu IV renovated the building during the 8th and 10th centuries. The bhikkhus of the Tapovana belonging to the Pansakulika sect resided here
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Himashi K. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice creation during have built in Anuradhapura era... Has a historical value..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 manusha de s. 6 years ago on Google
    Very smooth stone carving..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 samitha s. 4 years ago on Google
    7-10 century AD It is said that ratna prasadaya was seen as a 5 storied divine mansion.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Udana E. 5 years ago on Google
    Rathana Prasadaya was the Confessed house of the Abhayagiri Vihara Complex as the Lovamahapaya of Maha Vihara Complex. It is said that the building was five storied and the size of this building can be imagined by the gigantic stone pillars that stand even today.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Shanaka P. 4 years ago on Google
    Rathna Prasadaya was a skyscraper built by King Kanittha Tissa who ruled Sri Lanka from 167 to 186 AD. Mihindu II and Mihindu IV re-newed the building during the 8th and 10th centuries. The bikkhus of the Tapovana belonging to the Pansakulika sect resided here. Beautiful guard stones of the Abhayagiri Viharaya were found here. The most beautiful and perfect guardstone of the Anuradhapura era which stands today can be seen here. recommended for a visit.

  • 5/5 sankalpa a. 6 months ago on Google
    Most artistic 'Mura gala' (guard stone) found in Sri Lanka. And probably the most artistic 'Korawakgala' (Wingstones) found from Anuradhapura kingdom. Must visit, entrance was free.

  • 5/5 Praneeth M. 8 months ago on Google
    Most beautiful guard stone in anuradapure Sri Lanka

  • 5/5 Samudrika G. 1 year ago on Google
    Rathna Prasadaya was a skyscraper built by King Kanittha Tissa who ruled Ceylon from 167 to 186 AD. The most beautiful and perfect guardstone of the Anuradhapura era which stands today can be seen here.

  • 5/5 Kavindu T. 1 year ago on Google
    This is the Uposathagara (chapter house) of the Abhayagiri Vihara Complex built by King Kanitta Tissa (192-194 AD). According to Mahavamsa. the king been pleased with the Mahanaga Thero of Butarama, constructed this edifice at Abhayagiri Monastery. What Lova Maha Prasada was to Mahavihara Monastery and Diyasen Paya to Jathawana Monastery, Rathna Prasada is to Abhayagiri Monastery. The competition between the Mahavihara and Abhayagiri viharaya sects of monks can be seen from the size and name of the buildings. Even the names seem to be competing with each other. When Maha viharians called their building the The Copper Palace, The Abhayagians called theirs the Jewel palace. The size too seems to be no second to the Loha Maha Paya. The size of this building can be guessed by the gigantic stone pillars which are seen even today. In the 8th century king Mahinda II rebuilt this on splendor scale with many storied and installed Buddha statue made out of gold. But all these treasures was plundered by south Indian Pandayans in the time of king Sena I (833-853 AD) but was again recovered by king Sena II (853-887 AD). A partial excavation of this site has that the building has been built over a previous foundation laid down in the 1st century. There is a interesting story associated with Ratana Prasada. During the reign of Udaya III (935-938 AD) some officials of the court had fled the palace entered the Thapovanaya (forest hermitage for meditating bhikkhus) for the fear of the king. The Tapovana , like all other land belonging to the Buddhist order is considered as a sanctuary for all beings. But the king and the viceroy had given chase to the officials inside Tapovana, captured them and had them be-headed. The ascetic monks in Thapovana in indignation of the act and the violation of the sacred grounds, left Anuradhapura to Rohana. Then the people and the soldiers became rebellious, climbed Ratana Prasada, threatened the king, be-headed some of the officials who had helped the king in the sacrilegious act at Tapovana and threw them out of the windows of Ratnaprasada. The viceroy and his friends fled to Rohana in fear, went to the monks of Tapovana now residing in Rohana, threw them at their feet and begged for forgiveness. The ascetic monks returned bringing reconciliation between the king, soldiers and people. This is evidence that the Ratana Prasada has even been a refuge for kings (Seneviratna.1994). The slab inscription (no 1) of king Mahinda IV (956-972) mentions the name of this edifice as “Ruwan Maha Paya” and as the adobe of the head priest of Dammaruci Nikaya.

  • 3/5 Max P. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Bel Guardian .... then nothing more (Original) Bel guardiano....poi nulla piú

  • 4/5 Duminda l. 6 years ago on Google
    This is the uposathagara at abhayagiriya..built by king kanitta tissa.

  • 5/5 Chathuranga B. 4 years ago on Google
    Here you will witness the best "Muragala" / ancient gurad statue in Sri Lanka. It is said to be have 5 floors.

  • 5/5 Chirantha L. 4 years ago on Google
    This was a skyscraper built by King Kanitta Tissa who king of Ceylon from 167 to 186 AD. Then Mihindu II King and Mihindu IV king renovated this skyscraper . Old Buddhist monks live here with meditation.

  • 5/5 Mevin R. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The most beautiful and magnificent watch in Sri Lanka is situated near the stairway leading to Ratna Pass. Here is a triangular image of the Governor and the Security Forces of the East. It is said that this was built by King Tissa. King Mahinda Rajapaksa enlarged it on several floors. This is the sub-station of Abhayagiri. The ruins of four small, four-storey buildings and a large building in the middle can be seen in a land surrounded by a wall near the Abhayagiri monastery. The Sandakada Pahana of Abhayagiri is considered to be one of the world's finest works of art. Another similar moonstone lamp is beyond the Ratna Pass. Senarath Paranavitana has said that this is the most beautiful moonstone lamp. The old buildings to the west of the Ratna Pass have been identified as a seating boar. Previous Buddhists worshiped the Vajrasana, the place where Buddha attained enlightenment. It is here that you find such a pig in Sri Lanka. The idol worship began later. The main Bodhi Tree or the main Bodhi Tree of the Abhayagiri Vihara was planted in this place. The Abhayagiri inscriptions of King Mahindu IV and King Kashyapa VIII have been placed in this place. The entrance to the Bodhgaya is named after Mr. SM Burrows who preserved it. This is a beautiful stone structure. Just beyond the Abhayagiri Seya, you find the ruins of another Bodhi Ghara. There is also a statue of Samadhi Buddha. The statue's hands have been damaged, but it is very attractive. The oldest source of Abhayagiri Vihara in charge of the Sacred Tooth Relic is the Northern Monastery. There was a large alms hall for the alms giving to about 5,000 Buddhist monks in Abhayagiri. Its ruins can be seen today. Among them are the 50-foot and 12-foot rice boats, the kitchen, the equipment used, the solar disk for viewing time. The biggest pond ever built in Sri Lanka is the Elephant Pond. It is approximately 2 acres and is 487 feet in length, 162 feet in width and 32 feet in depth. The technique is well-crafted. The inner network of roads that supply water from the queen fort and the Bulan Kulama tank, which is still functioning, can still be seen here. The Polonnaruwa Sathmahal is a magnificent structure built over a small rock. Anuradhapura belongs to the last period. It was built by King Walagamba on a circular stone platform to commemorate Somadeva who saved the life of King Walagamba. There was a round house here. There are three rows of stone pillars. These towers are decorated with carvings. (Original) රත්න ප්‍රාසාදයට පිවිසෙන පඩිපෙළ අසල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මෙතෙක්  සොයාගෙන ඇති අලංකාර හා විශිෂ්ටතම මුරගල පිහිටුවා තිබේ. නැගෙනහිර දිසාවට අධිපති හා ආරක්ෂක  ධෘතරාෂ්ට්‍ර ගේ ත්‍රි භංග රුවක් මෙහි දැක්වේ. කනිට්ඨ තිස්ස රජතුමා මෙය ඉදිකළ බව සඳහන්ය. මිහිඳු රජතුමා මෙය මහල් ගණනාවකින් යුක්තව විශාල කොට ඇත. මෙය අභයගිරියේ උපෝසථාගාරයයි. සිව් කොන කුඩා ගොඩනැගිලි හතරක් හා මැද විශාල ගොඩනැගිල්ලක නටබුන් අභයගිරි ස්තුපය සමීපයේ ප්‍රාකාරයකින් වටකළ භූමියක දැකිය හැකිය  මෙය බිසෝ මාලිගය යනුවෙන්ද හැඳින්වේ.මැද පිහිටි ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ පද්මාසනයක නටබුන් ඇති නිසා මෙය බුදුගෙයක් ලෙස හඳුනාගෙන ඇත. ලෝකයේ අග්‍රගන්‍ය කලා  නිර්මාණයක් සේ සැලකෙන අභයගිරියේ සඳකඩපහණ පිහිටා ඇත්තේ මෙම පංචාවාස ගොඩනැගිල්ලට ඇතුළුවන ස්ථානයේය. මේ හා සමාන තවත් සඳකඩ පහනක් රත්න ප්‍රාසාදයට ඔබ්බෙන් ඇත. සෙනරත් පරණවිතාන මහතා පවසා ඇත්තේ වඩාත් පියකරු සඳකඩ පහන මෙය බවයි. රත්න ප්‍රාසාදයට බටහිරින් ඇති පැරණි ගොඩනැගිලි ආසන ඝරයක් ලෙස හඳුනාගෙන තිබේ. පෙර බෞද්ධයන් වැඳුම් පිදුම් කොට ඇත්තේ බුදුරජානන් වහන්සේ බුද්ධත්වයට පැමිණි ස්ථානයේ වූ වජ්රාසනයටයි. ලංකාවේ එවන් ආසන ඝරයක් හමුවන්නේ මෙහිදීය. පිළිම වන්දනාව ආරම්භ කොට ඇත්තේ පසුකාලයේදීය. මෙම ස්ථානයේ   පැරණි බෝධිඝරය නැතහොත් අභයගිරියේ ප්‍රධාන බෝධීන් වහන්සේද රෝපණය කොට තිබී ඇත.මෙහි අභයගිරියේ දෙවන සමාධි පිළිමයද පිහිටුවා තිබෙනු දැකිය හැකිය. මෙම ස්ථානයේ හතරවන මිහිඳු රජුගේ හා පස්වන කාශ්‍යප රජුගේ අභයගිරි පුවරු ලිපි ස්ථානගත කොට ඇත මෙහි අභයගිරියේ පරිපාලන නීති සටහන්කොට ඇත. බෝධිඝරයට පිවිසීමට ඇති මෙම දොරටුව එස්.එම.බරෝස් මහතා විසින් සංරක්ෂණය කිරීම නිසා මේ නමින් හැඳින්වේ. මෙය අලංකාර ශෛලමය ඉදිකිරීමකි. අභයගිරි සෑයට මඳක් ඔබ්බෙන් තවත් බෝධිඝරයක නටබුන් හමුවේ. මෙහිද සමාධි බුදු පිළිමයක් තිබේ. පිළිමයේ දෑතට හානි සිදුවී ඇතත් එය බෙහෙවින් ආකර්ශනීය එකකි. දළදා වහන්සේ භාරව කටයුතුකළ අභයගිරි විහාරයේ පැරණිතම මූලය උත්තර මුලයයි.මේ එහි මූලස්ථානයි. අභයගිරියේ වැඩසිටි 5000 ක් පමණ වූ සංඝයා වහන්සේලාට දානය පිරිනැමීම සඳහා විශාල දාන ශාලාවක් තිබී ඇත.  මෙහි නටබුන් අදද දැකිය හැක. අඩි 50 ක්පමණ හා අඩි 12 ක් පමණවන බත් ඔරු දෙකක්, මුළුතැන්ගෙය, එහි භාවිත කල උපකරණ, වෙලාව බැලීම සඳහා වූ සුර්ය තැටියක් ආදිය ඒ අතර ප්‍රධාන වේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මෙතෙක් නිර්මාණය කොට ඇති  විශාලතම පොකුණ ඇත්  පොකුණයි. දල වශයෙන් අක්කර 2 ක් පමණවන එය දිගින් අඩි 487 ක්, පළලින් අඩි 162 ක් හා ගැඹුර අඩි 32 ක් පමණවේ. මෙහි රළපනාව තා ක්‍රමවත්ව නිර්මාණය කොට තිබේ. මෙහි බිසෝ කොටුව හා  තවමත් ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බුලන් කුලම වැවෙන් ජලය සැපයු අභ්‍යන්තර ජාල මාර්ග දැනුදු දැකිය හැක. කුඩා පර්වතයක් මැදිකොට ඉදිකර ඇති පොළොන්නරුවේ සත්මහල් ප්‍රාසාදය වැනි ඉදිකිරීමකි. අනුරාධපුර අවසාන කාලයට අයත්ය. වළගම්බා රජුගේ ජීවිතය බේරාදුන් සොමාදෙවිය සිහිපත් කිරීම සඳහා වළගම්බා රජු විසින් වෘත්තාකාර ශෛලමය වේදිකාවක් මත මෙය ඉදිකර ඇත. මෙහි වටදා ගෙයක් තිබී ඇත. ඒ සඳහා වූ ගල් කුළුණු පේලි තුනක් දක්නට ඇත. මේ කුළුණු කැටයමින් අලංකාර කොට ඇත.

  • 4/5 NH S. 6 years ago on Google
    In the 10C. Abhayagiri inscription it is said that the Rathna Prasadaya was seen as five storied divine mansion. The present structure was built over the original chapter house constructed by king Kanitta Tissa (164-192 AD)

  • 5/5 Boryan P. 6 years ago on Google
    Nice

  • 5/5 Iresh S. 4 years ago on Google
    Chapter house

  • 5/5 Dhammike A. 6 years ago on Google
    Rathna Prasadaya was a skyscraper built by King Kanittha Tissa who ruled Ceylon from 167 to 186 AD. Mihindu II and Mihindu IV renovated the building during the 8th and 10th centuries. The bhikkhus of the Tapovana belonging to the Pansakulika sect resided here. Beautiful guard stones of the Abhayagiri Viharaya were found here.The most beautiful and perfect guardstone of the Anuradhapura era which stands today can be seen here.


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