Kadigamuwa Tampita Vihara Upper Level

The image house of the Kadigamuwa temple was built around 1835 with the help of elite families of Kempitiya and Kadigamuwa. The image house, located on the upper terrace of the temple, was built after the image house at the lower level had been constructed.

Construction work on the image house on the upper terrace began under the guidance of Yatiwandeniya Seelawantha Thero who had been the chief priest of the temple at that time. After he passed away, his student, Yatiwandeniya Dhammakiththi Thero, completed the work on the image house.

The unique feature of the image house is that it has an attached stupa house in front, a feature that is not found elsewhere. The two-tiered roofs over the stupa are supported on masonry work columns.

In the front veranda of the image house is the entrance door to the shrine. Within the shrine room are five statues, a seated Buddha, his two chief disciples Sariyuth and Mugalan, God Saman and God Vishnu. The inner walls and the wooden ceiling are covered with paintings. The outside walls are plastered with lime mortar.

Location: Kadigamuwa temple is situated 5km from Rambukkana on the Mawanella road.

Heritage Buildings of Sri Lanka by Nimal de Silva and D. P. Chandrasekara 2009 P26)

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