Bellanvila Rajamaha Viharaya

Sri Lanka / Colombo / Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia /
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Situated in the outskirts of the city of Colombo, in the village of Bellanwila, just three kilometers from the city limits, Bellanwila temple has a long and hallowed history. The great sanctity attached to the temple is due to its sacred Bodhi-tree. There is authorative literary evidence in ancient texts such as the Sinhala Bodhivamsaya which records that this Bodhi-tree is one of the thirty two saplings that sprang from the sacred Bodhi-tree at Anuradhapura planted in the 3rd century B.C.E.

see : www.amazinglanka.com/heritage/bellanwila/bellanwila.php
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Coordinates:   6°50'44"N   79°53'23"E
This article was last modified 15 years ago