Beautiful, colourful Hindu worshipping building. It costs a small amount to get in and a little bit more to the man who guards your shoes for you (sure, you can not pay him but it's not really an issue). Hindu temples never cease to impress me. They always have such colour and great design. Top that off with some really cool carvings of various gods of all forms and you can't go wrong.

Sri Muththumari Amman Kovil in Matale, Sri Lanka, is a breathtaking Hindu temple that showcases the country's rich religious and architectural heritage. The temple's vibrant colors, intricate sculptures, and ornate carvings leave visitors in awe. The serene atmosphere and spiritual aura make it a perfect place for introspection and a deeper connection with one's beliefs. Whether you are a devotee or a curious traveler, this temple offers a memorable and culturally enriching experience.

Impressive Hindu Temple located right off the Kandy road, 350 rupees to go inside and walk around the outside. All of the gods on the exterior are most impressive. There were several smaller alters inside, including one in the center that prohibits tourists from entering. You have to take your shoes off to enter and I made the mistake of stepping in a shallow pan full of water ment for cleaning your feet while exiting the side of the temple, so had wet socks. Beautiful figures, must be impressive when it's full of people.

Very famous and an ancient temple of Lord Amman in Matale. They used to keep their annual festival during the month of Feb/Mar on Maasi magam. During their festival temple will be over occupied with devotees, especially on chariot day. Very calm and peaceful temple. Photos were take during 2019 Chariot.

beautiful and big kovil in Sri Lanka.. kovil organize a beautiful event "THERU" ones per every year.. many people coming see this function and warship gods.. not allowe shoes in kovil garden and inside. located near mathale kandy bus station..

Muththumari Amman Kovil in Matale is a hidden gem, a place of serene beauty and remarkable architecture. The moment I entered, I was struck by the tranquil atmosphere that enveloped the kovil. It truly is a haven of peace and spirituality.The architecture of Muththumari Amman Kovil is nothing short of amazing. The intricate details, vibrant colors, and the sheer grandeur of the temple are a testament to the rich cultural heritage it represents. Every corner seemed to tell a story, and it left me in awe.The kovil's cultural significance is evident in the devotion of its visitors and the rituals that take place here. It's a place where tradition and spirituality come together seamlessly.Overall, Muththumari Amman Kovil is not only a place of worship but also a place of solace and beauty. It's a must-visit for anyone seeking a deeper connection with culture and spirituality amidst a serene and architecturally stunning setting."

Sri Muththumari Amman Kovil: A kaleidoscope of color and devotion Sri Muththumari Amman Kovil, a Hindu temple in Matale, Sri Lanka, is a riot of color, intricate carvings, and devout worshipers. Dedicated to the goddess Mariamman, the temple is a feast for the senses and a window into the rich culture of the region. Architectural Marvel: The temple's towering gopuram (gateway tower) is adorned with hundreds of colorful statues, while the interior is filled with intricate carvings and murals depicting Hindu deities. The sheer scale and detail of the architecture is truly awe-inspiring. Religious Significance: The temple is a major pilgrimage site for Hindus, particularly those seeking blessings for rain and fertility. The atmosphere is one of deep devotion, with devotees offering prayers, lighting incense, and making offerings to the goddess. Festivals and Celebrations: The temple is home to several festivals throughout the year, the most famous of which is the Ther Festival, held in February. This colorful and vibrant festival features processions, music, and dance, attracting thousands of visitors from all over Sri Lanka. Tips for Visitors: Dress modestly when visiting the temple. Photography is not permitted inside the temple. Be respectful of the religious practices and traditions of the temple. Visitors are welcome to make offerings to the goddess. Overall: Sri Muththumari Amman Kovil is a must-visit for anyone interested in Hindu culture, architecture, or simply experiencing the vibrant energy of a Sri Lankan pilgrimage site. The temple is a feast for the senses and a window into the rich spiritual traditions of the region.

The Kovil has open hours where you are allowed to walk in. Therefore, recommend going on those sepacified times as you are not allowed to walk in to the premises when closed. No vehicle parking and very difficult to find a parking slot. Know as one of the most secred Kovils in the area. You have to remove the slippers at the entrance before entering to the kovil.

Sri Muthumariamman Temple, Matale is dedicated to the goddess of rain and fertility known as "Mariammaan" or simply "Amman". There are many popular temples dedicated to this goddess throughout India and South Asia. This temple in Matale is believed to have been built around the 1800s and partially destroyed during the 1983 riots, to be rebuilt later by well-wishers in the community. Today it is visited by Hindus as well as Buddhists and Muslims etc. and many tourists. It has a very tall and colourful "Gopuram". The Temple festival is very famous and many devotees come from around the island to attend it. There are very beautifully decorated chariots owned by the temple which tour the town during the festival. Parking available inside the premises. You can pay at the entrance and buy a ticket to have a Pooja done in your name. There are shrines for almost all the Hindu gods inside the premises.

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What a huge temple and I have never seen like this crowd in a place. Superb all the people are visiting sharing here. Happy to see such kind of festival. Really excellent place to see.

Most sacred ancient hindu kovil. Gods are most expressive.

A beautiful Hindu kovil/temple located closer to the Matale city centre. Unique Hindu art and crafts. This is one of the largest Hindu temples in Sri Lanka. This place has a large wedding hall for Hindus. Resembles cultural diversity in Sri Lanka. Please wear full clothes. Shorts and skinnies are not allowed.

A nice and sacred Kovil. Went there for a wedding ceremony at the Kovil and it was a different kind of a wonderful experience. Everything and everywhere is colorful and decorative.

A spiritual place to visit in center of Matale town. Temple is so clean and well maintained.

500LKR entry, aging exterior. Having this place as recommended in many guides is a bit rubbish, we have nothing against this temple but there are many others in Sri Lanka, sometimes much smaller but with more charm and spirituality.

Located in matale town Thair festival at the temple are celebrating during February or March on a annual basis There is a large wedding hall for hindu people.

Colourful and intricately designed temple.

The main religious festivals including the chariot festival at the temple are celebrated during February or March on an annual basis. The temple has five ornate chariots, which are used to convey statues of Hindu deities around the city on 'Ther' or 'Vettai Thiruvizha', the chariot ceremony day, which is held the day before 'Medin Poya' (the Poya day in March). Ganesha, Shiva, Mahadevi, Murugan and Chandeshvara Nayanar are the five prominent statues of Hindu deities which are carried by devotees in the chariot festival.

Good environment. Not peaceful place. Noisy place.The chariot festival in this temple is held usually coinciding with Magam on a Full moon Poya Day.The main religious festivas  including the chariot festival at the temple are celebrated during February or March on an annual basis.The land was originally part of a paddy field and was gifted by the owner in 1852.The current temple was built in 1874, funded by the Nattukottai chettair.This temple is used by both Hindus and Buddhists. The temple was originally a small statue under a tree prayed to by the Hindu people but has been developed by the people in Matale.

They charge you 250 rupees at the entrance for the ticket but don't tell you that you can't go inside...for that you have to pay 500 rupees. Like everything else in Sri Lanka most attractions are designed to rip off tourists...you just have to know this from beginning of your trip and make peace with it to have a good experience in this beautiful country.

The land was originally part of a paddy field and was gifted by the owner in 1852.[5] The current temple was built in 1874, funded by the Nattukkottai Chettiar.[6] This temple is used by both Hindus and Buddhists. The temple was originally a small statue under a tree prayed to by the Hindu people but has been developed by the people in Matale.[7] The first Kumbhabhishekham of the temple was held in 1960. The temple was severely damaged during the anti-Tamil riots in July 1983 but was subsequently restored. One of the visually dominant features of this temple is its 32.9 m (108 ft) high Gopuram ('Raja Koburum'), a large decorated tower located above the main northern gateway ('Vadakku Vaayil') to the temple.[5] The Raja Koburum is one of the largest Gopurams in Sri Lanka. The 1008 statues of Hindu deities are the work of South Indian sculptor, Nagalingam and his son Ramanathan, with the help of about 100 designers, painters and architects from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The Raja Koburum was completed in 2007 at the cost of approximately Rs 150M.

Sri Muthumariamman Temple Sri Muthumariamman Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Matale. Sri Muthumariamman Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Matale. The temple is dedicated to Mariamman who is the goddess of rain and fertility. It is also known as Arulmigu Sri Muthumari Amman Kovil. The current temple structure was built in 1874 and is used by both the Hindus and the Buddhists. The main religious festivals held at the Sri Muthumariamman Temple includes the chariot festival at the temple celebrated during the month of February or March. There is also a large hall which is used mainly for ceremonies such as weddings. Getting to Sri Muthumariamman Temple

Large temple, painted with bright colors and richly adorned.

We visited this temple while traveling to sigiriya. Didn't stayed for long to describe much.

Beautiful hindu temple. Men , shorts are not allowed, wear full jeans. Ladies , Make sure your legs are covered or your dress is below the knees or else they will provide you skirt free of charge . Entry fees are applicable for tourists

Historic Kovil in Sri Lanka and Both Hindus and Budhists Worships here. Annualy Theru function is held at here on february.

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Srilanka’s one of grand kovil It’s annual grand festival is a colorful event where people from all over srilanka come to worship Goddess Sri Muthumari Amman

(Translated by Google) Interesting, typical Hindu ... (Original) Érdekes, tipikus Hindu...

(Translated by Google) Interesting, extremely colorful place - worth seeing. (Original) Interesujące, niezwykle kolorowe miejsce- warte zobaczenia.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful large and well-kept temple. . (Original) Krásný veliký a udržovaný chrám. .

Very busy big hindu temple

Very big hindu temple and nice but toilets not clean bad smell

Beautiful Hindu temple on our way from Sigriya to Nuwara Eliya. The exact location of the temple is Matale. The temple is famous for goddess of rain and fertility. The architecture is very beautiful. Sri Muthumariamman Temple, Matale, Sri Lanka The prefix “Muthu”,means “pearl”. "Mari" means rain and "Amman" means mother in Tamil language. The temple is dedicated to Mariamman, the goddess of rain and fertility.

Spectacular Hindu Temple construction and seemingly well preserved. A real feat of architecture! You can walk all around it quite freely it seems. The setting is unusual as it is near the main road and has a school at the rear.

Hindu religious center in matale, valuable place for visiting. Biggest festival in hindu people name called "theeru" is the most beauty full thing.

Colourful but expensive! I never had to pay entry in a Hindutemple, 500 is a lot! I feel cheated. I was sad after payment that I was not allowed to enter the main shrine. What sense makes a Temple, if you can not have darshan from the deity? I recommend to the temple to give at least some guiding for the entry fee.

A beautiful Hindu kovil/temple located closer to the Matale city centre. Unique Hindu art and crafts. This is one of the largest Hindu temples in Sri Lanka. This place has a large wedding hall for Hindus. Resembles cultural diversity in Sri Lanka. Please wear full clothes. Shorts and skinnies are not allowed.

A Beautiful Peaceful Place is. A place that give comfort to the mind

Nice architecture! 250 to walk around the outside and 500 to go in

Amazing colorful Hindu temple, worth a stop when passing by. 500LKR to view outside, 1000LKR for inside and outside. You have to take of your shoes, but they have a place to wash your feet afterwards.

The temple is good but one poosari who was belongs to the temple faught to day with bus conductor, and the poosari realise drunk badly. The bus driver driven so fast after that we are passengers all felt scary moment after poosaris fight where to drive the bus. This was happened in"nuga gaha stand matale" advise the poosari s not to fight in public places. He was young slim guy with a yellow sarong.

Volleyball Player

This place has mor god

Sacred place

Super

Ancient Hindu Kovil teach us lots...

They are requesting money from foreigners which is very much not acceptable for me as Hindu

very good place to visit.

(Translated by Google) Hindu temple Matale muththumaari Amman temple (Original) Hindu temple Matale muththumaari Amman temple

Best kovil..near to main road...very kind officers and guards

(Translated by Google) Sri Muthumari Amman Church Matale (Original) ශ්‍රී මුත්තුමාරී අම්මන් දේවස්ථානය මාතලේ

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Very divine place. Get peace of mind whenever I visit the temple and have darshan of the deities.

Good

Veey serene temple. Known to be a very powerful temple. It's situated in Matale Town. It has a Hindu wedding reception hall with all facilities by the side in the same compound. Ample car parking. All flowers and Pooja items available for purchase at the same premises.

Nice change from the Buddhas. Colourful but the floor is dirty so wear some disposable socks.

Sri muththumari amman kovil is situated in middle of the matale city. It was famous for the highest entrance door. It doesn't charge any entrance fee.

The relief sculptures on outside wall is amazing

Nice and calm peaceful place .

This place is overlooked. But it is very colourful temple. Entrance fees are 200 from outside and 300 rupees if you want to inside. Dress code: covered shoulders (t shirt), shoes off for inside visit. You need to cover just under your knee, so long trousers or long skirt (towel in emergency) is advised

We just walked around the outside as it was closed but very colourful. We've definitely seen more interesting temples

Old Hindu temple nicely maintained.

Justbthe temple, somtimes during the night it glow like christmas tree.

Beautiful place to visit. I was surprised. Quiet and very colorful. Especially during the praying hours, super interesting.

(Translated by Google) An interesting Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva-Parvati woman is very atmospheric. (Original) Цікавий індуїстський храм,присвячений жінці Шиви-Парваті, дуже атмосферний.

It's a very holy place for all Hindu people. At matale all the people are united because of this temple.

Very Famous hindu Kovil in matale city area. They celebrating the Theru festival in March every year. Must watch it ....

Best time of the year spent here

(Translated by Google) I think it's better than iruku .. (Original) Enga uyir anga than iruku..

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Great monument well constructed!!

(Translated by Google) Kovil (Original) Kovil

If some one travel from Kandy to dambulla on the way in Matale Town has this colorful hindu temple. We where lucky it was a special festival day so lots of people around in beautiful traditional clothes. The building is very impressive.

In March 2017, I visited Matale town and a wonderful raja gopuram which is entrance tower to Sri Muthumariamman Temple. 1874 AD. The raja gopuram has 108 ft height. You will see 1008 sculptures depicting Hindu deities. Sri Muthumariamman Temple is dedicated to Mariamman, South Indian Hindu goodness of rain and fertility. I was impressed due to the art and beauty of the architectural Sri Muthumariamman Temple image. The temple presents a Davidic style. Hindus and Buddhists community at the present use the temple. Worth to visit.

Loved place

My town

Religeous tamil church in mathale town. Any people can visit there. There is a special annual ceromony held continuesly..

Nice location surrounded with hills

Every Shrines are good🙏

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Most important place for hindus around matale