Hidden gems: Buddhist temples in Kurukundalama

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Kurukundalama. This list contains 19 places from Buddhist temple category.

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Abhayagiriya Buddha Mandiraya image
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Abhayagiriya Buddha Mandiraya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Historical site
4.90 (23 reviews) (~6.76 km from centre)
Abayagiriya Raja Maha Viharaya image
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Abayagiriya Raja Maha Viharaya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 This is second largest stupa in Sri Lanka.It has been built by King Wattagamini Abhaya.Abayagiriya vihara is situated in the sacred city of Anuradhapura , North central province in Sri lanka.🇱🇰 But there is no "Chudamanikya" in the stupa yet.
4.80 (133 reviews) (~6.82 km from centre)
Mahamevnawa Dhammachethiya Buddhist Monastery - Anuradhapura image
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Mahamevnawa Dhammachethiya Buddhist Monastery - Anuradhapura
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Namo Buddhaya!. Visited the place for a B'fast Alms Giving. The facilities even for the devotees are amazing ,adequate wash rooms and bathingfacikity. The kitchen to prepare alms giving is of modern equipment as same as a kitchen in a fivestar hotel.
4.80 (103 reviews) (~8.84 km from centre)
Sela Cetiya image
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Sela Cetiya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Sela Cetiya is one of the 16 main places of worship or Solosmasthana and is situated to the west of Jetavanaramaya in the ancient sacred city ofAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This was constructed by King Lajjitissa who ruled in the 1st century BC. The diameter of the base of the stupa is 37 ½ feet. This s...
4.80 (78 reviews) (~6.96 km from centre)
The Entrance for the Disabled to the Ruwanwalisaya image
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The Entrance for the Disabled to the Ruwanwalisaya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Very important to buddhists and buddhists culture .
4.80 (64 reviews) (~6.42 km from centre)
රුවන්වැලි මහා සෑ වැලි මළුව image
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රුවන්වැලි මහා සෑ වැලි මළුව
Buddhist temple
4.80 (27 reviews) (~6.35 km from centre)
Padalanchana Stupa පාද ලාංඡනය ස්තූපය image
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Padalanchana Stupa පාද ලාංඡනය ස්තූපය
Buddhist temple
👍👍 පද ලාංඡන ස්තූපය - අනුරාධපුරය ථූපාරාම දගැබට නැගෙනහිරින් දක්නට ලැබෙන මෙම ස්තූපය පද ලාංඡන චේතිය ලෙස හඳුන්වයි. ක්‍රි.පූ.119 - 109 අතර කාලයේ රජකම් කළ, සද්ධාතිස්ස රජුගේ පුත් ලජ්ජිතිස්ස විසින් ඉදිකරවන ලද මෙම ස්තූපය, වංශකතාවන්ට අනුව, බුදුරජාණන්වහන්සේ ගේ ශ්‍රී පාදය පිහිට වූ ස්ථානයක් වසා ඉදිකරවා තිබේ. මෙය ශිල...
4.80 (17 reviews) (~6.35 km from centre)
Ancient Round Well ‌ඓතිහාසික වට ‌පොකුණ image
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Ancient Round Well ‌ඓතිහාසික වට ‌පොකුණ
Buddhist temple
👍👍 The well was designed so that people can step down in to the well. But it's locked now.
4.80 (6 reviews) (~6.29 km from centre)
Dhammachethiya Meditation Monestry image
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Dhammachethiya Meditation Monestry
Park
👍👍 🙏🙏🙏 This monastery is in a quiet area about ten minutes from the ancient sites of Anuradhapura. Things to See and Do at the Monastery # Visit the huge Bodhi Tree shrine # Talk with monks about Buddhism # Get personal meditation instructions from the monks # Ask questions about all the sacred sit...
4.70 (117 reviews) (~8.91 km from centre)
Maha Viharaya, Anuradhapura image
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Maha Viharaya, Anuradhapura
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Very peaceful place in Anuradhapura. Better place to relax your mind. The Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya was an important mahavihara or large Buddhist monastery for Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It was founded by king Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura in his capital city of Anuradhapura. The Mahaviha...
4.70 (95 reviews) (~6.48 km from centre)
Kuttam Pokuna Viharaya image
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Kuttam Pokuna Viharaya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Kuttam Pokuna are well preserved old bathing tanks or ponds in Sri Lanka. This pair of ponds was built by the Sinhalese in the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom.
4.70 (83 reviews) (~5.76 km from centre)
Pankuliya Ashokaramaya (අශෝකාරාමය) image
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Pankuliya Ashokaramaya (අශෝකාරාමය)
Buddhist temple
👍👍 One of the less known buddhist archaeological sites,but a must see. Amazing structure of stone constructions are present.One of the finest Buddha statues of this period in history can be seen here.Truly remarkable,just like Samadhi Buddha statue .A must see for any religious beliver,this fine lines...
4.70 (69 reviews) (~5.97 km from centre)
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Kantaka Pagoda
Buddhist temple
👍👍 This ancient and historical stupa is located in Mihinthale , Anuradhapura of Sri Lanka.Kantaka chethiya is a circular stupa having a base circumstance of about 425 feets.It has three stepped rims. It is unknown who built this stupa but it is said that the King Lajjathissa has built a stone mantel bu...
4.70 (63 reviews) (~6.51 km from centre)
Siri Vijaya Vidarshana Meditation Center image
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Siri Vijaya Vidarshana Meditation Center
Buddhist temple
👍 A meditation center and pirivena
4.70 (33 reviews) (~8.63 km from centre)
සංඝමිත්තා ස්තුපය - Sangamiththa Stupa image
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සංඝමිත්තා ස්තුපය - Sangamiththa Stupa
Buddhist temple
👍👍 සංගමිත්තා ස්තූපය අනුරාධපුරයේ ථූපාරාම දාගැබට නැගෙනහිරින් දක්නට ලැබෙන කුඩා ස්තූපය සංගමිත්තා තෙරණියගේ භෂ්මාවශේෂ තැන්පත් කර සාදා ඇති බවට විශ්වාස කෙරේ. වංශකතා වලට අනුව එහි නිර්මාතෘ වන්නේ දේවානම්පියතිස්ස රජුගේ අනුප්‍රාප්තිකයා වූ උත්තිය රජු ය. මෙහි ස්තූපයට අමතරව ප්‍රතිමාගෘහයක්, බෝධිඝරයක් සහ සංඝාවාස යයි සැල...
4.60 (24 reviews) (~6.25 km from centre)
Sri Naga Rajamaha Viharaya image
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Sri Naga Rajamaha Viharaya
Buddhist temple
4.60 (13 reviews) (~9.22 km from centre)
විශ්ව කරුණා ශාන්ති Buddha Statue image
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විශ්ව කරුණා ශාන්ති Buddha Statue
Buddhist temple
👍 beautiful and ancient.
4.60 (12 reviews) (~6.28 km from centre)
Hathareswela Buddhist Temple image
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Hathareswela Buddhist Temple
Buddhist temple
👍 Good place
4.50 (24 reviews) (~4.07 km from centre)
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