Dakkhina Stupa is a 2nd-century BC large brick Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Stupa was identified to have been built to mark the site of cremation of King Dutugamunu. The structure was identified in 1946 as Dakkhina Stupa by the eminent archaeologist Senarath Paranavithana.

I lived next to Ellalan Ninavu Thoobi for about 3 years (1957). Only one gravel road was separating it from my compound along Kurunagala Road. What is the view of the eminent archaeologist Pathmanathan and other scholars? An objective approch with international participation is required to find the truth .

Dakkhina Stupa is a 2nd-century BC large brick Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Stupa was identified to have been built to mark the site of cremation of King Dutugamunu (161 BC – 137 BC). The structure was identified in 1946 as Dakkhina Stupa by the eminent archaeologist Senarath Paranavithana. This structure was for centuries locally known as the tomb stone of king Ellalan, known as Elara Sohona, which was worshipped by Tamils and Sinhalese. should visit..

Dakkhina Stupa is a 2nd-century BC large brick Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Stupa was identified to have been built to mark the site of cremation of King Dutugamunu (In 161 BC – 137 BC). The structure was identified in 1946 as Dakkhina Stupa by the eminent archaeologist Mr. Senarath Paranavithana. This structure was for centuries locally known as the tomb stone of king Ellalan, known as Elara Sohona, which was worshipped by Tamils and Sinhalese. should visit. It is located on the way to Jaya Sri maha bodhi at mahamewuna uyana.

Many controversial historic theories.

A pagoda located in the anuradhapura sacred city near the ruwanweli maha seya(pagoda). It's in the 1st car park.

(Translated by Google) This is a brick-built building that is close to the Sri Maha Bodhi A great stethoscope. Until recently, this Elara tomb was called. In 1946, Prof. Paranavitana identified this place as the Pohvana stupa. Based on documents, the professor believed that the body of King Dutugemunu was cremated. This is a large brick mound structure, probably an unfinished stupa lying close to sri maha bodhi. Until recently this site was mistakenly identified as the tomb of Elara. This location was identified as the Dhakkhina stupa by Professor Paranavitana in 1946. Based on the chronicles, Professor also believed that this was the place where the remains of the hero of King Dutugemunu's was cremated. (Original) මෙය ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධියට සමීපව පිහිටා ඇති ගඩොලින් නිමවා ඇති අසම්පූර්ණ විශාල ස්තූපයකි. මෑතක් වන තුරු මෙය එළාර සොහොන ලෙස හඳුන්වා තිබේ. 1946 දී මහාචාර්ය පරණවිතාන විසින් මෙම ස්ථානය දක්ඛීනා ස්තූපය ලෙස හඳුනාගෙන ඇත. ලේඛන මත පදනම්ව මහාචාර්යවරයා විශ්වාස කළේ දුටුගැමුණු රජුගේ දේහය ආදාහනය කරන ලද ස්ථානයක් බවයි. This is a large brick mound structure, probably an unfinished stupa lying close to sri maha bodhi. Until recently this site was mistakenly identified as tomb of Elara. This location was identified as the Dhakkhina stupa by professor Paranavitana in 1946. Based on the chronicles Professor also believed that this was place that remains of the hero king Dutugemunu’s was cremated.

Beautiful but very hot

This is a large brick mound structure , probably an unfinished stupa lying close to sri maha bodhi. Untill recently this site was mistakenly identified as tomb of Elara. This location was identified as the Dhakkhina stupa by professor Paranavitana in 1946.

(Translated by Google) Located to the south of Jayasrimaha Bodhi. Senarath Paranavithana says that this is the place where Maharaja Dutugamunu was cremated. It is said that Bubuna took the wealth of the King Dutugamunu, who was hired here, to pay the hired soldiers to invade the country. (Original) ජයශ්‍රිමහා බොධියට දකුනු පසින් පිහිටා ඇත. දූටූගැමුනු මහරජ ආදාහනය කල ස්ථානය බව සෙනරත් පරණවිතානයන් කියයි. බැමිටියා සාගතය පැමිණිමට ඹබූනා විසින් රට ආක්‍රමණය කිරිමට කුලී හෙවායින්ට පඩි ගෙවීමේ මෙහි නිදන්ගත කර තිබූ දූටූගැමූනු මහරජගෙ ධනය ගත් බව සදහන් වේ.

Huge round stupa. You can walk up the stair to see inside of the stupa (It's empty.). I saw it on the way to Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and it looks interesting because of its size and location.

A UNESCO site at Anuradhapura, it was the political and religious capital that flourished for 1,300 years, was abandoned after an invasion in 993. I do not know how you loose a site like this but it was apparently hidden away in dense jungle for many years, the splendid site, with its palaces, monasteries and monuments, is now accessible once again. Leave lots of time to explore and admire.

According to an inscription this stupa was constructed by uththiya..a minister of king valagamba...

Nothing much to see

This is a large brick mound structure , probably an unfinished stupa lying close to ''sri maha bodhi" in Anuradhapura. Untill recently this was mistakenly identified as tomb of Elara. This stupa was identified as the Dhakkhina stupa by professor Paranavitana in 1946.

(Translated by Google) This is a valuable place in Anuradhapura that has a long history and should be visited by all who visit Anuradhapura. (Original) අනුරපුරේ නරඹන්නට එන සැවොම නැරඹිය යුතු අපේ රටේ තවත් දීර්ඝ ඉතිහාසයකට උරුමකම් කියනා වටිනා ස්ථානයක්

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Boring

Half built stupa that locate near ruwanweliseya and jethawanaramaya. Good place to meditate

According to the legends this site was known as the Pulila terrace as there was a growing Pulila tree at that time period and the thero, Mihindu had requested from the King Devanampiya Tissa (307 BC – 267 BC) to cremate his remains here. The legend further states that the remains of King Dutugamunuwere also cremated in this terrace. It is said that this Stupa was constructed and named as Dhakkina thupa by a minister during the reign of King Valagamba (103 BCE and c. 89–77 BCE). The structure was popularly known as Elara Sohona, the tomb of 2nd century BCE king Chola Tamil king Ellalan (c. 205 – c. 161 BC), who invaded Sri Lanka and ruled the Anuradhapura Kingdom for over 40 years. It was popularly believed that King Dutugemunu had built this for King Ellalan, after defeating him in battle. But in the mid-19th centuries James Fergusson a Scottish architect and writer who studied History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, had mentioned (1876) this structure could not be the Elara's tomb. This new identification and reclassification is considered controversial and disputed historical conceptualization in Sri Lankan history.

(Translated by Google) Dakkina Stupa - Anuradhapura This massive ruined stupa is found on its way from the Anuradhapura Junction to the Sri Maha Bodhi. Though there are various opinions on this stupa, the most famous one is the tomb of King Elara. It is called the Dakkhina Stupa because it sits right next to the south gate of the ancient Anuradhapura town. According to Senarath Paranavithana, the remains of King Dutugemunu were buried. The beauty of this beautiful but half-ruined stone pillar depicts the goddess of wealth. Dhakkina Stupa - Anuradhapura This is the Kurunegala junction from Sri Maha Bodhiya leading the road on the left. There are many identifications about this stupa. The most common is where the king Elara had been placed. But according to Senarath Paranavithana, this is the king of the tomb Dutugamunu. The ancient Anuradhapura city of the southern gate and hence this stupa is named 'Dhakkina' (southern) stupa. The stone pillar which is half destroyed in carvings with adorned. There is a figure of godly wealth. (Original) දක්ඛිණ ස්තූපය - අනුරාධපුර අනුරාධපුර කුරුණෑගල හන්දියේ සිට ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධිය දක්වා ගමන් කරන විට මෙම විශාල නටබුන් ස්තූපය හමුවේ. මෙම ස්තූපය පිළිබඳව විවිධ මත ඇතත් වඩාත් ප්‍රචලිත මෙය එළාර රජුගේ සොහොන ලෙසය. පැරණි අනුරාධපුර නගරයේ දකුණු දොරටුවට එහිටින් මෙය පිහිටි නිසා දක්ඛිණ ස්තූපය ලෙස මෙය හඳුන්වයි. සෙනරත් පරණවිතානට අනුව මෙය දුටුගැමුණු රජුගේ භ්ෂ්මාවශේෂ නිධන් කර තනා ඇත. මෙහි ඇති අලංකාර එහෙත් අඩක් විනාශ වූ ශෛලමය ස්ථම්භයේ ධනයට අධිපති වෛශ්‍රවණ දෙවියාගේ රුව දක්වා තිබේ. Dhakkina Stupa - Anuradhapura This is at the left side of the road leading to Sri Maha Bodhiya from Kurunegala junction. There are several identifications about this stupa. The most common is this is the place where the remains of king Elara had been placed. But according to Senarath Paranavithana, this is the tomb of king Dutugamunu. This stupa was situated beyond the southern gate of ancient Anuradhapura city and therefore this stupa is named as 'Dhakkina' (southern) stupa. The stone pillar which is destroyed in half which can be found here is adorned with carvings. There is a figure of the god of wealth.

(Translated by Google) This stupa is regarded by many as the stupa which was erected to honor King Elara. Archaeologists have been able to confirm that the Dakshin Viharaya is the stupa of the Dakini Vihara inscribed in the 3rd century Brahmi inscription found in the excavations in 1948. (Original) එළාර රජතුමාව ගෞරව සහිතව ආදාහනය කරලා ඉදි කරපු ස්ථූපය විදිහටයි බොහෝ දෙනා ‌මෙම ස්ථූපය සැළකුවේ. 1948 දී කැණීම් වලින් හමු වූ ගල් පුවරු වල 3 වෙනි සියවසට අයිති බ්‍රාහ්මී අක්ෂරවලින් ලියපු ගල් පුවරුවක "දකිණි විහර" යන පාඨයෙන් මේ දක්ඛිණ විහාරයේ ස්ථූපය බව තහවුරු කරගන්න පුරාවිද්‍යාඥයින් සමත් ‌වෙලා තියෙනවා.

(Translated by Google) To put it bluntly, I don't think it's something you have to see in Anuradhapura, but for the locals this place has a huge historical value (like castles in our country). I believe that this building will find some fans in our country as well. For me, out of respect for the locals and their difficult history 3 *, with the proviso that if you have it on the way, it probably costs five minutes to sacrifice to see .. :) (Original) Na rovinu si nemyslím, že je to věc, co v Anuradhapuře musíte vidět, ale pro místní má toto místo asi obrovskou historickou hodnotu (asi jako u nás třeba hrady). Věřím že si tato stavba najde i u nás nějaké fanoušky.. Za mě z respektu k místním a jejich nelehké historii 3* s tím, že pokud to máte po cestě asi stojí pět minut na okouknutí obětovat.. :)

(Translated by Google) It is called 'Dakshina Stupa' because it is built to the right of the sacred area. (Original) පුජා භූමියට දකුණු පසින් ඉදිකර ඇතිනිසා 'දක්ෂිණ ස්තූපය' නමින් හැදින්වේ.

Free parking avilable for jaya sri maha bodi

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