BUTTALA

Name BUTTALA
Latitude Longitude 6.7589° N, 81.2491° E
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District Monaragala
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Id 64
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Created 1/19/21, 4:18 PM

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-an oasis of treasure island-

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<p>Buttala is located 247 km east of Colombo. It is a rural village with a lot of historical and natural treasures. Buttala has first mentioned in the 2nd century BC during King Dutugemunu fought against south Indian invaders. The ancient chronicle Mahavamsa has stated that King’s army passes through the “Guthala” area. That is how the Buttala is known at that time.<br></p>

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356 64 13 Buddha statue, Maligawila Buddha statue, Maligawila <ul>The Maligawila Buddha statue, the tallest ancient free-standing Buddha image in Sri Lanka is located in a monastic complex in Maligawila near Okkampitiya, 18 km from Buttala. This Buddha statue with a height of 11.53 m has carved out of a large limestone rock depicting Samabhanga posture and Abhaya Mudra belongs to the 7th – 8th century AD. It closely resembles with Avukana Buddha statue. Ruins around the statue provide the evidence that there was an image house around the statue.<br> <br>This statue was found in 1951. It was broken into several pieces by the time it was found. After the unsuccessful attempt in the 1970s under the guidance of President Ranasinghe Premadasa Maligawila statue was reconstructed and raised in 1991 successfully.<br> <br>The archaeologist believes that this site would be the ancient Ariyakara Vihara mentioned in the chronicles. According to the Culavamsa chronicle, there was a hospital for the blind and the sick in this site in the 7th century AD. That was built by King Aggabodhi.</ul> 1 MALIGAWILA---B-1.jpg 5/6/20, 11:45 PM View Edit
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357 64 35 Buduruwagala Buduruwagala <ul>The Buduruwagala rock carvings are a masterpiece of Sri Lankan artistic tradition in 9th – 10th century AD There are seven statues sculptured on a single rock face. The centre sculpture of Lord Buddha in the Samabhanga posture and right hand gesturing the Abhaya Mudra is 15.5m in height.<br> <br>The Avalokiteshvara Bodhisatva, Goddess Tara, and Prince Sudhana on the right-hand side of Buddha image. The Maitree Bodhisatva, Vajrapani Bodhisatva, and an unidentifiable figure on the left-hand side of Buddha image. All the other figures except the Buddha image belong to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition.</ul> 1 B.jpg 5/6/20, 11:53 PM View Edit
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358 64 35 Avalokiteshvara statue, Dambegoda Avalokiteshvara statue, Dambegoda <ul>Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Image at Dambegoda is located in a monastic complex in Maligawila near Okkampitiya, 18 km from Buttala. The statue was sculptured of the “Samabhanga” posture depicting strength, vitality, royalty, and displaying the Katakahasta Mudra. This image belongs to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. The history of this statue is not clear. It is believed that the 15 cubits high Maitreya Boodhisatva statue built in Ruhuna by the king Dappula – I, would be this statue.</br> <br>This 10 m height, 40-ton weighted stature was damaged into small pieces by vandalizers. However, archaeologist in the Archaeological Department in Sri Lanka has painstakingly restored it in 1990.</ul> 1 DAMBEGODA---B.jpg 5/7/20, 12:03 AM View Edit
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46 64 <ul>The Menik Ganga (river of the gem) and Kumbukkan Oya pass through Buttala providing treasure for the area. The riversides of those rivers and the Okkampitiya area close to Buttala are among the hotspots in gem mining in Sri Lanka and famous for the beautiful gemstone.</ul> 5/6/20, 3:47 PM View Edit
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