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High medieval · Buddhist · Sri Lanka

Lankatilaka Vihara

Udunuwara, Kandy District, Central Province · 7.2338°, 80.5650°

Gautama Buddha, with devales to Upulvan, Ganapathi, Saman, Vibhishana, Kataragama and Kumara BandaraGampolaGampola with Dravidian influence
Sacred since
1341 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
mid-14th c. (Bhuvanekabahu IV)
Gampola

History & significance

A rock-built temple near Pilimatalawa raised in the reign of Bhuvanekabahu IV and overseen by his chief minister Senalankadhikara, regarded as the finest building of the Gampola period. Designed by the South Indian architect Sathapati Rayar with Pandya sculptors from Tamil Nadu, it sets a Buddha image among six Hindu devales and was declared a protected monument in 1949.

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Sources

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