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The state Poson festival will be celebrated at Mihintale, Anuradhapura Atamasthana and Thanthirimale. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is expected to participate in the inauguration of the national ...

Eventually, they reached Meghagiri Vihara—modern-day Isurumuniya—where they met the presiding Maha Thera. Upon hearing their story, the Thera dispatched an urgent message to King Kirthi Sri Meghawarna ...

The trip to the sacred city is a part of Modi’s scheduled visit to the island nation — his first since 2019 — from April 4 to 6. History Of Anuradhapura Anuradhapura was established around the 4th ...

Other significant sites in Anuradhapura include the Isurumuniya monastery, renowned for its intricate stone carvings such as the famous Isurumuniya Lovers sculpture, and the Kuttam Pokuna (Twin ...

The Abhayagiri Dagoba once housed the Tooth of Buddha. The sacred tooth is now kept at a temple in the city of Kandy. Other important ancient structures in Anuradhapura include the Isurumuniya ...

The Isurumuniya Raja Maha Vihara was from huge granite boulders. The main temple is set around a lovely lotus pond, above which there is a black granite surface moulded with figures in bas-relief such ...

Perera’s writings dealt with concepts underlying Asanagara, Sandakada Pahana, and the rock carvings at Isurumuniya and Sigiriya, etc. He drew wide public attention with his pronouncements based on ...

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The sacred Bodhi tree in the Palace-temple of Isurumuniya in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. (Shutterstock) The bodhi is the tree of awakening — under which Siddhartha Gautam became Gautam Buddha.

While Isurumuniya was the first place of worship for the royals, Thuparamaya, is the oldest stupa in Sri Lanka located in Anuradhapura. This sacred site, dating back to the 3rd century BCE, holds ...