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This
is
a
stupa
located
closer
to
Nelumdeniya
in
Kegalle
district.
The
name
“kotawehera”
has
being
derived
from
the
shape
of
the
stupa,
which
does
not
have
the
usual
upper
part
(eka
dewatha
kotuwa,
kotha)
Another
name
used
for
this
stupa
is,
“Suthigara
Chathiya”.
In
sinhala
“suthigharaya”
mean
the
place
used
for
a
birth.
According
to
the
history
Queen
Rathnavalie
used
this
place
to
give
the
birth
to
her
baby,
who
was
later
become
King
Parakramabahu
I
(Barakramabahu
the
Great)
who
ruled
in
the
Polonnaruwa
Kingdom
era
(1153-1186
AD).
With
the
excavations
done
by
the
Archeological
Department
of
Sri
Lanka,
another
small
stupa
had
found
inside
of
this
large
stupa.
That
stupa
is
not
in
the
center
of
the
large
stupa
and
hence
possible
to
view
from
the
opening
at
a
side
of
the
main
stupa.
According
to
the
shape
of
the
stupa
some
may
think
the
construction
works
of
it
had
being
completed
partially.
But
there
is
a
model
of
the
stupa
which
has
being
found
by
the
excavations.
That
model
shows
the
real
shape
of
the
stupa
which
is
not
common
in
the
country.
