Dematamal Viharaya | දෙමටමල් විහාරය | දීපගවේෂි | Deepa gaweshi episode 32 (2024-01-25) 4K

The Dematamal Viharaya is a Buddhist temple with an ancient stupa, located in paddy fields near Okkampitiya village, halfway between Bundala and Maligawila. According to local legends, the temple was the hiding place of Prince Saddhatissa, after he lost his war of succession against his elder brother, Dutthagamani. With the help of the monks, the two brothers were finally reconciled. The aim of the reconciliation was bundling forces of the southern kingdom, Rohana, to launch a campaign under Dutthagamani's leadership in order to reestablish Buddhist reign in Anuradhapura. The Dematamal Viharaya, administrationally belonging to the village of Okkampitiya, is situated in paddy fields close to the B 522 road, 7 km southeast of Buttala (a major junction in southern Sri Lanka). Most pilgrims and tourists visiting the Buddhist giant statues of Maligawila and Dambegoda, which are in 11 km distance, travel along the Dematamal Vihararaya without taking further notice of it. However, the ancient temple compound, looking like an island in the wet-rice fields, is worth having a short break. The main feature of the archaeological site is a typical Sri Lankan brick stupa. This specimen probably dates back to the Anuradhapura period. Local traditions have it that the structure is from the 3rd century BC, this is to say: from the island’s earliest Buddhist period. Within the small compound of Dematamal Viharaya, there are also some traces of other structures, most of them being meditation cells of monks’ abodes. Apart from those simple platforms, there are classical ceremonial buildings, too, namely a Pathimagara once serving as a place of veneration of a Buddha statue and a Bodhigara, in which a tree instead of a statue was worshiped. Some decorations are still in situ, too, or safekept and exhibited in a small museum attached to the temple. One bust, once apparently belonging to a statue, shows a haircrone of a Mahayanist figure. Statues with tall haircrowns usually represent Bodhisattvas, the helping saviours venerated in Mahayana Buddhism. Bodhisattvas are often seen in ancient monasteries of southern Sri Lanka, which was once the principality or kingdom of Rohana. However, the head and hairdress of the said bust in the Dematamal Viharay is too weathered to be identified as a Mahayanist figure unequivocally. Instead of a Mahayanist savious, the statue could simply depict a king in royal ornate. #mahathupawandana #dhammajeewa #deepagaweshi #සිතනිවනඅඬවිය #කුරුණෑගල #වැවරවුමකුරුණෑගල #කුරුණෑගලවැවරවුම #beautifulcounrty #srilankatemple #buddhisttemple #wwwmahathupawandanalk #mahathupawandana #mahathupawandanalk #kurunegala #srilanka #srilankaamazing #srilankatemple #temple #deepagaweshi #templetraval #templetravel #kurunegala #budhism #බුදුපිලිම #buddhastatue #SriLanka #budista #statues #sculpture #cement #buddhistart #artworks #art #artwork #artist #drawing #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #painting #arts #sketch #artgallery #illustration #drawings #draw #digitalart #artistic #artlovers #contemporaryart #arte #instaart #artsy #artists #artofinstagram #paintings #design #artistsofinstagram #sketchbook #abstractart #artlife #bhfyp #wordbuddhist #gaudhamabuddha #mahayana #vajrayana #henayana #buddhism #buddhalife #buddhistcountrys #srilankabuddhisam #buddhisamhistory #bhuddha #sinhala #dalilama #bhuddhistpeople #buddhismfuture #birthplaceofbuddha #buddhathoughts #ashokathegreat #ashokaaccept #kingashoka #indiabuddist #srilankatemple #srilanka #lankabuddhist CREATOR https://instagram.com/dhammajeewa?igs...   / djeewa     / dhamma.jeewa.  . මෙම සියලුම වැඩසටහන් අප විසින් නිර්මාණය කරනු ලබන අතර මේ වෙනුවෙන් යම් වියදමක් යෙදවෙන බැවින් ඔබට හැකිනම් මේ සදහා ඔබේ මියගිය කෙනෙක් වෙනුවෙන් හෝ විශේෂ යමක් සිහිපත් කර දායක වෙන්නට මෙම වැඩසටහන් දිගටම සිදුකරගෙන යාමට හැකිය ... අපට අමතන්න 070 3 307 307 whatsapp පිවිසෙන්න www.mahathupawandana.lk Puranaya - Backup (    / @puranayae   ) FB - puranayalk ( facebook.com/niwanmaga969?mibextid=LQQJ4d ) Tik Tok - puranayalk ( tiktok.com/@puranayalk?_t=8cmIRmH7lJK&_r=1 ) Creator . Rev. H dhammajeewa ( facebook.com/dhamma.jeewa.10?mibextid=LQQJ4d )