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Kaluwamodara
Sri
Kalyanaramaya
is
located
about
one
km
from
Aluthgama
town
towards
Colombo
on
the
Galle
Road
itself.
The
temple
which
started
around
in
1825,
is
today
home
to
the
largest
Marble
Buddha
Statue
in
the
country.
According
to
the
information
on
the
temple
This
5
foot
9
inch
marble
statue
has
been
donated
around
1877
from
Burma
(now
Myanmar).
But
we
were
told
that
after
the
publicity
of
this
statue
representative
of
Myanmar
Embassy
has
visited
the
temple
and
informed
that
that
this
this
statue
is
much
older
than
130
years.
If
you
are
traveling
form
Colombo
the
entrance
to
the
land
land
side
between
the
famous
Kande
Viharaya
and
the
Aluthgama
town.
All
the
buildings
are
freshly
painted
including
the
circular
image
house
which
house
the
marble
Buddha.
On
a
side
of
the
image
house
is
a
stone
inscription
made
by
the
donor
of
the
land
and
the
image
house.
According
to
it,
this
image
house
was
built
in
1899-1900
time
period.
Until
recently
the
marble
statue
has
been
lying
open
inside
this
room
but
after
the
archeological
department
established
it
value
and
named
it
as
a
historical
monument,
a
glass
chamber
has
been
built
around
it.
The
statue
itself
is
white
in
colour
and
the
robe
and
the
hair
is
marked
in
black.
The
seen
edges
of
the
robe
and
the
hair
is
decorated
with
glittering
pieces
and
coloured
stones.
On
one
corner
of
the
temple
is
an
image
house
with
a
large
reclining
buddha
statue.
on
the
left
to
this
is
a
statue
of
Buddha
preaching
the
‘Dham
Sak
Pawathum
Sutra
to
his
very
first
deciples.
On
the
right
side
is
a
unusual
depiction
of
Buddha
walking
house
to
house
for
alms
and
the
meeting
with
his
father,
King
Suddhodana.
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