Buddhism is a religion thats been practiced for thousands of years throughout the spiritual continent of Asia, in succession of this religion many wondrous and extravagant places of worship have arisen some being thousands of years old and are still use today and exact reason they were intended for.
vast numbers of Buddhist’s throughout the world take long pilgrimages to the exact locations where Buddha supposedly went to that may lead them on Vietnam holidays to Thailand holidays.
Sri lanka is an outstandingly beautiful country situated in the Indian ocean and has strong influences of cultures and religions from Muslim, seek , Roman catholic and Buddhist..
Buddhism in Sri Lanka is widely practised mainly due to greatly prestigious temples that combinable make up the heart of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. these highly are praised temples shine brightly throughout the Buddhist world as a place of holy worship.
Gangaramaya temple:
The temple has many other building dotted around it as its an epicentre of a thriving Buddhist community, its was firstly constructed to raise a colony of Sri lankan monks which it rightfully has done and still does to this day.
It’s played home to many great Buddhist scholars from Ratmalana Sri Dharmarama Thero to Pandit Batuwantudawe as well as serving as a charitable organisations, an orphanage and a place for other religions to be preached and practised also.
Mahiyangana raja maha viahra:
Another temple or untold importance as the great Buddha once visited the location of the temple in the ninth month after reaching enlightenment, at the time Sri Lanka was Inhabited by the Yakashas (an extinct religious group), one of the Yakka cheifs received a gift of bhudda’s hair from the bhudda himself which lead him to follow the religious path to enlightenment which to now has spread to the far corners of Sri lanka. Many Buddhists take Sri lanka holidays as a pilgrimage to the holy temples as one of the 16 pilgrimage sites on the list to visit if you’re a strong Buddhist believer.
