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Early modern · Buddhist · Sri Lanka
Kshetrarama Maha Vihara
Moratuwa, Colombo District, Western Province · 6.7963°, 79.8779°
Gautama Buddha (seated stone image)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1829 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
established 1829
Undetermined
History & significance
A Buddhist temple at Moratuwa in the Colombo District, established in 1829 by the chief monk Ven. Weligama Sri Sumanatissa Thera. Its old image house holds a seated stone Buddha and the temple keeps ola-leaf volumes of the Tipitaka, while its Seema Malakaya shows architectural features found at no other Buddhist shrine in the country.