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Late medieval · Buddhist · Sri Lanka

Aramanapola Raja Maha Vihara

Ganegama, Pelmadulla, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa · 6.6345°, 80.5228°

Gautama Buddha (image house; sacred Bodhi tree)Kotte
Sacred since
250 BCE
site traced to King Devanampiya Tissa (250–210 BCE)
Standing structure
completed under Parakramabahu VI (15th c.)
Kotte

History & significance

A Buddhist temple at Ganegama near Pelmadulla in the Ratnapura District whose history is traced to King Devanampiya Tissa and which Parakramabahu VI completed as a full temple in honour of his mother Sunethradevi; its name is said to recall monks brought from the Arammana country of Myanmar under Vijayabahu I to restore the order after Chola rule. Its Bodhi tree is held to be one of the thirty-two saplings of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, and the largest of them.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Kotte