Nelligala sacred area in sri lanka

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                Nelligala sacred area



The sun service can be seen only at the top of Samanala Kanda. If you come to Nellagala in the morning or in the evening, the Nelligala International Buddhist Center is as famous as the Temple of the Tooth.The Nelligala Sacred Area was created in 2014 by conserving a scrub forest.  It is worth mentioning here that the forest has been conserved.  This Buddhist heritage is situated in a beautiful environment where the sweet sound of the jungle spreads all around.


Hanthana, Hunnasgiri, Andagala, Alagalla, Batalegala,Ambuluwawa, Atigala, Ramasara Kanda, Sri Pada and Pidurutalagala can all be viewed from a 360 degree view from the top of Nelligala at an elevation of 700 m above sea level.  It took six years of dedication to build this sacred place in the middle of the blue mountain range.  The statues and designs here are golden in color and the bodhi tree in a large bowl of gold is special.

The seventy-foot-tall bubble-shaped pagoda stands out among other creations of gold on a blue background.  Another surprise was that the stupa was completed in three months.  The hair relics reside in the Sri Sakyasinghe perfume room.  The Nelligala International Buddhist Center, which provides relief to the area through the Sri Shakyasinghe Welfare Society and propagates the Dhamma through the Dharma Magazine called Karma, has been making a great contribution to the era.


Daspetiya Mal Pooja, Chaitya Pilgrimage and Poya programs will be held here with the participation of over 100,000 people.  Nelligala is an example to the whole community in collaborating with the Muslim community in the surrounding area.



The Subharathi Dharma Hall seen here is also very large.  It is certain that the Nelligala International Buddhist Center, complete with all its temples, attracted a large number of people in a short period of time due to its conducive environment.  It is a great convenience for the pilgrims to be able to travel to the top of the Nelligala Shrine in the village of Kombekaduwa, the founder of the Water Bubble Dhammaratana Thero.



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