Cultural · Ampara · Eastern
A Forest Monastery on Five Rocks
Buddhangala Rajamaha Viharaya — 5 km north of Ampara
STUPA ABOVE THE ROCKPhoto by L Manju on Wikimedia CommonsA white stupa on bare rock with a sanctuary of forest around it, 5 km from Ampara town.
A forest monastery on an outcrop of five large rocks in the jungle north of Ampara, with a lineage traced to the Digamadulla period around the 4th century BCE. Kalinga Magha's armies destroyed it in the 12th century and the jungle took it back until a young monk revived it in 1964; a dozen monks live there now.
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7.3319° N, 81.7039° EOSM
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