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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr PERERA" data-source="post: 6543700" data-attributes="member: 176031">Sithul Pauwa Viharaya <img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/161c8yr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Situated in Kirinda in Hambanthota District, Sithul Pauwa has also  being called Chiththala Pabbatha in the ancient texts. Stone  Inscriptions has identified this location as "Chithala Paawatha Vehera".  This temple complex is attributed to King Kavanthissa who ruled  southern area of the country.        Sithul Pauwa is known as a location where thousands of Arhaths  lived at one time. According to  folklore it is said that a novice monk  called Thissa who has reached the state of Arhath lived here and later a  stupa was built encasing his remains thus this also has been known as  Tissa Thera Chetiya.        Situl Pauwa contains large number of stupas, cave temples,  Buddha statues a stupa house and image houses spread among a large land  area. Among these there is a cave temple with ancient paintings thought  to be belonging to the 3rd century BC. These drawings have been done on a  thin layer of plaster on the rock surface and primarily used red -  yellow colours. The main stupa has been built by flattening the top of a rocky  mountain. There are two approaches to the stupa. Stone steps have been  cut from the south and the north. The boundary walls of the maluwa area  have been built using large rocks. Remains of many buildings can be seen  on the Northern side of the stupa.        In addition to the main Sithul Pauwa stupa another hill called  the ‘Small Sithul Pauwa’ also contains similar stupa and buildings.  Stupas have been built on each peak of this rocky mountain range and all  these have been built in the Pre Christian Era.        A large amount of valuable items has been found from the  excavations on this site including an exclusively made image of goddess  Thara in a seating position and many Buddha statues. Two Statues of the  Awalokeswara Bodisattva can be seen on the main cave temple. One of  these is dressed as a royal and the other is plainly dressed as a sage. A large number of rock inscriptions have been found throughout the  vihara complex. All these belong to the pre Christian era and some  letters in these inscriptions show localisation effects compared to  Inscriptions in the <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/in4/anuradhapura/index.html" target="_blank">Aruradhapura</a>  in the same era. Some of these pre Christian inscriptions mentions two  of the ‘Dasamaha Yodhayan’ (the ten giants in the Army of King  Dutugemunu) called Nandimithra and Welusumana. Another giant of the  ‘Dasamaha Yodhayan’ Pussadeva is also said to be from this area.        According to the great chronicle Mahavansa, King Vasaba has  built 10 stupas in the Situl Pauwa (then Chiththala Pabbatha) According  to stone inscriptions King Mahallaka Naga (134-146) has built stupas and  donated land to the temple and the regional King Dappula of Rohana has  donated the village called Gonmitigama in 659 AC. Today this village has  been identified as Gonagala. How To Get There       Sithulphavuva is about 20 km from <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/in4/visitsl/cities/kataragama/kataragama.htm" target="_blank">Kataragama</a>.  <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/dfd3c7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/nvb1wk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/nvb1wk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Add Rep++ if you like my tread... <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/%3Ca%20href=" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203D4.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </blockquote>

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