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Early modern · Buddhist · Sri Lanka
Samudrasanna Vihara
Mount Lavinia, Colombo District, Western Province · 6.8289°, 79.8641°
Gautama BuddhaUndetermined—
Sacred since
1845 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
completed 1845
Undetermined
History & significance
A Buddhist temple at Mount Lavinia on the coast south of Colombo, completed in 1845. The Sri Lankan government declared it an archaeological protected site on 6 June 2008.