Araththana Rajamaha Vihara Tampita Viharaya

Araththana Rajamaha Vihara Tampita Viharaya is a small image house raised on six short stone pillars in Eladetta village, Kandy District, about a kilometre from Daulugala Ambalama on Eladetta Road and some 14 kilometres from Kandy via Peradeniya. The square timber-and-wattle superstructure measures roughly ten by fifteen feet, with a doorway only about four feet high. It is also known locally as Bogahakotuwa Viharaya; a related account, describing what appears to be the same site, also refers to it as Minimarupitiya Tampita Viharaya. The temple lies within reach of the better-known Embekke Devalaya and Lankathilaka Raja Maha Viharaya.

Tradition credits the villagers of Arattana with building the temple, which is said to be the source of its name; one account, citing Abeyawardhana, suggests it may originally have served as a private temple for a noble family of the Kandyan kingdom. In 1815 the image house was renovated by Ven. Dumpola Thero, who planted the Bo tree that still stands on the grounds.

Inside, the seated Buddha image has been compared stylistically to the one at Gadaladeniya Rajamaha Viharaya nearby. The walls carry paintings of fifteen disciples, restored by the Department of Archaeology in 1982.