Nelligala International Buddhist Centre Kandy Sri Lanka

Nelligala International Buddhist Centre is one of the Buddhist temple which is located on the top of the hill which depicts the wonder of surrounding area in Sri Lanka.

Lankathilaka Temple - Central Province Sri Lanka

Lankathilaka Temple (Vihara)

Lankathilak Temple (Viharaya) is an Ancient Buddhist Temple Situated in Udunuwara District of Central Province (Kandy) Sri Lanka.
This was Built on 14th Century by King Bhuwanakabahu  4th.  This is built on Natural Rock, it was Initially was 4 storied and now only we can see 3 stories on this.  most interestingly the Vihara roof was made by the Bricks with arch-shaped on it presently you can see new newly build roof for protecting the building. inside you can see Arts on walls as well as on the ceiling and some Buddha Statues.
To Visit This Beautiful Temple When you Go from Colombo to Kandy from Pilimathalawa Junction you need to approximately 4-5 km on the Dawulagala Kandy Road. The picture is taken from my Mobile when I Visited this Beautiful Place.

Black & white Version

Paintings on the wall

Entrance View

This is The Stupa

Side View of the Temple

Wooden Door with Beautiful Carvings


Stone Inscription at Lankathilaka Temple 

14th Century AD The Lion Paint of Lankathilaka Rajamaha Viharaya

This is a Paint of Lankathilaka Rajamaha Viharaya Udunuwara Central Province Sri Lanka.  This Picture was Painted on 14th Century and This was found 2 -3 year Back.  This Was Painted on The Original Wall of the Ancient Construction but and Original Walls were closed by the New plaster Layer Done for Back in Days.  part  of the New Plaster Layer has collapsed so part of this paint was visible then they carefully reviled the picture without making any damaging to the walls and now that can be seen as below the paint is Lion of the proud Symbol of Sinhalese in Sri Lanka.
The picture is somewhat blurred  sorry for that I was in the  hurry to take this picture so the camera was little shaken.  I'm going to write full detail blog about this ancient Buddhist Temple when I get some free time mean while you can enjoy the beautiful paint.All these colors they have made the traditional way of make colors like soil, tree leaves etc.