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High medieval · Buddhist · Sri Lanka
Sri Pushparama Vihara, Balapitiya
Balapitiya, Galle District, Southern Province · 6.2916°, 80.0421°
Gautama BuddhaUndeterminedpreaching hall in colonial church manner
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Buddhist temple at Balapitiya in the Galle District, headquarters of the Mulaghandi sect of the Amarapura Nikaya and a protected archaeological monument since 6 June 2008. The doors and windows of its dhamma preaching hall follow colonial church design, with two wooden stairs rising to a balcony that runs round the inner hall.