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Early medieval · Buddhist · Sri Lanka
Udayagiri Raja Maha Vihara
Udayagiri, Ampara District, Eastern Province · 7.3824°, 81.6326°
Gautama Buddha (stupa)Anuradhapura—
Sacred since
901 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
attested under Udaya I (901–912)
Anuradhapura
History & significance
A Buddhist temple at Udayagiri village in the Ampara District, protected as an archaeological monument since 26 December 2014. A stone pillar inscription records that two generals of King Udaya I exempted the vihara from taxes, and the site is said to go back more than a thousand years.