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Modern · Buddhist · Sri Lanka
Seema Malaka
Colombo, Western Province · 6.9176°, 79.8533°
Gautama Buddha (with subsidiary shrines to Guanyin, Kataragama deviyo, Upulvan and Ganesha)ModernModern Sri Lankan (Geoffrey Bawa)
Sacred since
1976 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
rebuilt 1976 (originally late 19th c.)
Modern
History & significance
A meditation and ordination hall of the Gangaramaya temple, set on timber-decked platforms in Colombo's Beira Lake. The original late-19th-century pavilion was replaced in 1976 by a design from the architect Geoffrey Bawa, funded by S. H. Musaji and his wife in memory of their son, drawing on the forest-monastery layouts of Anuradhapura and Ritigala.