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Buddhist Temple Tour Programme |
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15 DAYS/14 NIGHTS |
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| Day 10 |
| After breakfast leave for Badulla, visit Muthiyamgana temple, over two thousand years, originally built by King Devanampiyatissa. Proceed to Bogoda, visit Bogoda temple, there is an unusual wooden bridge, the roof clad with flat tiles of the kandyan period. Also visit Dowa cave temple, 3rd Cen BC, a 8m high bas-releif standing Buddha is carved on the rock, also the |
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| strip stories on the interior walls & the rock shelter dedicated to the cobra. Back @ hotel @ Bandarawela for Dinner & overnight stay. |
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| Day 11 |
| After breakfast leave for Wellawaya, visit Maligawila ruins with a crystalline limestone Buddha statue, 40 feet lies fallen & the stone bath, pond, the remains of the image house is of interest. Also visit Buduruwagala, the group of statues, finest example of Mahayana sculpture in the island is over 1000 yrs old. A 51 foot tall Buddha image stands dominant flanked by 40 |
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| foot statues of Bodhisatvas. Proceed to Kataragama, check in at hotel for dinner & overnight stay. |
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| Day 12 |
| After breakfast, explore the ancient kingdom of Tissamaharama. (150 BC), visit the great monastery of King Tissa & the Magul Maha Vihara. Evening at visit the shrine dedicated to God Skanda, Dinner & overnight stay at hotel. |
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| Day 13 |
| After breakfast leave for Kalutara, visit Mulkirigala rock temple, less than 150 years ago the key was discovered to Mahavamsa & Culavamsa chronicles which recorded the story of this island from 543 BC to modern times. Also visit the Wewrukannala Vihare, to discover the largest Buddha statue in the island. At Dondra, the temple celebrates the annual perahara & a |
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highly venerated place for the Buddhists.
Also visit Totagamu Raja Maha Viharaya at Telwatte, dates back to the 3rd Cen.BC. It was a great seat of learning in the 15th Century equivalent to a university headed by a Buddhist prelate of high interlect with knowledge of six oriental languages. Also interesting are the beautifula traditional paintings. Check in at hotel at Kalutara for dinner & overnight stay. |
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| Day 14 |
| After breakfast @ leisure. Afternoon leave for Colombo, dinner & overnight stay in Colombo. |
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| Day 15 |
| After breakfast at leisure. Transfer to airport to connect departure flight. |
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