- Dambagasare Sumedhankara Thero
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Ven.Dambagasare Sri Sumedhankara Thero was a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka who re-discovered the Seruvila Mangala Raja Maha Viharaya temple in 1922.[1]. The temple is thought to contain relics of four Buddhas: Kakusandha, Koṇāgamana, Kassapa and Gautama. It is also believed to be the seventeenth place where the Lord Buddha visited during his visits to the country and only the place where Buddha offered flowers[2].
Further reading
- Historic Seruwila :- An unpublished M.A. Dissertation by Mr. P.D. Ratnasiri submitted for the Post Graduate Examination in Archaeology of the University of Kelaniya. Submitted in May 2002.
References
- ^ "Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara". UNESCO.org. http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5083/. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
- ^ "The saga of Seruwila Mangala Viharaya". The Buddhist Channel (BC). 2008-01-15. http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=43,5755,0,0,1,0.
External links
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- Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhists
- Sri Lankan Buddhist monks
- History of Sri Lanka
- Buddhism in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka stubs
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