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Kande Vihara Temple
Buddhist temple
😠 It will be difficult for me to visit this temple due to the reason how the temple authorities ignored mistreatment of the elephant Sak Surin, the Thai elephant. This can't be a Buddhist temple.
Update as at 7th September 2023:
I visited Sak Surin (= Muthu Raja, the mistreated elephant in Sri Lan...
4.70 (3.9K reviews)
(~8.23 km from centre)
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Kothduwa Rajamaha Viharaya
Buddhist temple
👍 Its a very peaceful and calm place in a island. There was a bridge to reach this place. I went there by boat. Its a must visit place who is having a madu river tour. Its a good place to bring your family. Dont forget to meet the monk. Able to have Beautiful 360° views
4.70 (310 reviews)
(~8.61 km from centre)
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Galapatha Rajamaha Viharaya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Close to this Bentota river lies an ancient temple named Bentota Galapatha Raja Maha Viharaya. This temple is believed to hold the tooth relic of Maha Kashyapa Maharahathan Wahanse in dageba.
It is good to come here once in a while to create some merits after offering some pooja and worship as a Bud...
4.70 (177 reviews)
(~4.01 km from centre)
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Wanawasa Royal Temple
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Bentota is a resort town on Sri Lanka’s southwest coast. Its long Bentota Beach stretches north, where it becomes a sandy strip known as Paradise Island, parallel to Bentota Lagoon. Eventhough this town now best known for its beaches, history of this town goes as far as 2nd century BC and has been...
4.60 (41 reviews)
(~6.22 km from centre)
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Sri Wickramasinghe Ancient Temple
Buddhist temple
😠 Watch out for the scam! The monk shows you a book where all donations are written down. By accident we found out, that he always adds one or more zeros at the amount of the previous donators to make you feel bad if you just want to donate few hundred rupees. We gave him 200 rupees and when the coupl...
4.10 (59 reviews)
(~9.52 km from centre)