A little beyond Hanguranketa along the Rikillagaskada road is the Madanwela Viharaya, whose history, tradition, has it goes back to a few centuries. In this, as well as the Morapaya Viharaya a few miles further away, are two gilt images of the Buddha, which tradition says were brought by Maliyadeva Thera.

The Madanwela sedant statue is similar to the one at Pusulpitiya, which is 1 foot 4 inches high. The image at Morapaya Viharaya is a standing Buddha 23 inches tall. The Buddha image at Madanwela in Samadhi under a Makara with lions is one of the most valuable gold. (?) images that we have in the country. It is now placed in the old cave section of the Viharaya. The old image house was demolished to make way for a new building. Parts of the wooden ceiling board of the old Viharaya are now kept in a storehouse together with valuable original paintings.

(Kandy by Prof. Anuradha Seneviratna Central Cultural Fund P:142 )

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