Sudarmaramaya

sudarmaramaya is a temple  in kandy which used do tution classes for students.major tution teachers of sri lanka using that to make students educatly high.i am also going to that place for maths classes.situvations are good.to learn here.

KANDY LOOKS

there we can see lot of development in kandy city.new roads,traditions.last friday ODEL show room was opened in kcc.ah realy nice.and this is the rugby season.lot of schools been fired.rajans also plays in A division.ah.i was born in kandy.then i love it!

i took this photo .this was the lantern that made by nugawela depot.kandy hah

Kandylooks

i made this blog to promote the world heritage city kandy!

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i took this photo is it nice?

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i made this blog to give some info about kandy city.and other day things

Kandy city centre

 

"Kandy City Centre" Commercial and Shopping Complex at Dalada Veediya, Kandy is the most modern commercial complex in Sri Lanka. The Complex is designed with ultra modern features yet preserving the iconic Kandyan architecture. With respect to this unique entrepreneurial marvel, The Board of Investment has granted the prestigious "Flagship Status" to this Project. Several leading banks, a fully equipped supermarket, a variety of restaurants, an entertainment zone, a well designed state of the art food court will also feature in the Complex. 

Dharmaraja college,kandy

HISTORICAL FACTS REGARDING BILIMORIA- BANBURY BUILDINGS
These two buildings are named after two great pioneering Principals of Daharmaraja College who were responsible for the construction of these two buildings between 1910 and 1930 for the Buddhist Theosophical Society..
The first of these two buildings were put up with the contribution of one cent each from the poor Buddhist Public of the Central Province, Uva-Wellassa, and Thamankanduwa regions. The students and teachers also contributed by staging dramas all over the country.
The first one cent was contributed by a poor basket woman when Col. Olcott started a hat collection to start the building fund, after a public meeting held in this connection.
The Bilimoria hall was ceremonially opened by Sir Ponnamabalam Arunachalam in 192?
These buildings are intertwined with the movement of Buddhist revival that began & gathered momentum in the first half of the 20th century in which Dharmaraja College was inextricably involved.
The Temperance Movement which was the pre-curser to the National Movement of this time headed by Sir D.B. Jayatillake, F. R. and D.S. Senanayake brothers and other patriots of the time, were held in the Bilimoria Hall. Later National Leaders like A.E. Gunasinghe and A. Ratnayake, Sir Bennet Soyza who were Old Boys of the College started their political careers by joining this temperance Movement and the Non-smokers’ Club initially as school boys.
All Kandy meetings of National Leaders at that time were held in the Bilimoria Hall. A significant event within our memory was that the opening session of the first Buddhist Commission, which led to the silent revolution of 1956,which changed history of this country held its opening sessions in the Bilimoria Hall in 1955. Fittingly the finsreport of the Commission was presented at the Ananda College hall in 1956.



Also, the first meetings of the National Language Movement which led finally to the declaration of Sinhala as the Official Language of this country commenced, in this hall. Further, the first meetings of agitation for the take over of private schools in Sri Lanka were held in the Bilimoria Hall.
Banbury building was the place where William Gopallawa, the first President of the Republic of Sri Lanka had his education as did many other eminent men and it was on the stage of the Bilimoria Hall that Mr. Gopallawa acted in a drama playing the role of a king.
This is the place where eminent national figures such as Sir D. B. Jayathilake, T.B. Jayah, N.E. Weerasuriya and D.T. Devendra taught and inspired the poor Buddhist children.
Besides our own national leaders, the Bilimoria Hall had been graced by the visits of world leaders such as Mahathma Gandhi, Rabindranath, Tagore, J. Krishnamurthi, Lord Baden Powell.
In later times it had been visited by Intellectuals such as Prof. Cyril Ponnamperuma, Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, Prof. E.R. Sarachchandra, and Dr. S.N. Goenka, the renowned meditation teacher from the Myanmar.
Thus, this building complex was the hotbed of the contemporary history of the times and Dharmaraja College, its students, the teachers and well wishers were all part and parcel of the history this momentous era. Hence, this building complex is the embodiment of all that went to make Dharmaraja and is todate its symbol that gives its special identity as a unique educational institutiton in this country. The history embedded in this premises is the heritage of all Rajans past and present, and of the future too.

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Gadaladeniya Temple

This site with an ancient monastery is found on the flat rock at Diggala in the district of Kandy. According to a inscription there this temple was built by King Buwanekabahu IV in the year 1344. The chief architect of this temple has been a south indian called Ganesvarachari. Therefore this temple is essentially a South Indian design.

The main shrine room has seated (in Vajrasana) Buddha Statue under a Makara Thorana and four standing Buddha images. The makara thorana is decorated on both faces with gods such as Brahma, Suyama, Santhusuta, Natha and Maithree, and two attendants.

The chamber within the Sikhara (dome) has had a Buddha Image but has been destroyed by the Portuguese. Next to the shrine room is a Devale (shrine) dedicated to God Visnu. According to Mahavansa, The great chronicle of Sri Lanka, It was "Upulvan Deiyo" thus Visnu that was selected as the guardian to protect the land of Sri Lanka and Buddhism within it at the time of Buddha's passing away. There for this deity has special place among the Sri Lankans.

By the side of the Visnu Devale is a Stupa made on a rock. This is believed to have been made by the King Parakramabahu V. This stupa has a roof built over it held on 4 pillars. 4 smaller satellite stupa's are built on small shrine rooms around the main stupa. This structure is called the Vijayothpaya or Vijayantha Prasada named after the mythical palace of god Indra.

This temple was neglected for some time and then it was handed over to the Velivita Saranankara Thero by the king Viraparakrama Narendrasinha (1707 - 1739) and this temple has been looked after ever since by his pupillary succession.

Though this temple is known as "Gadaladeniya" today, An inscription identifies this temple as "Dharma Kirthi Viharaya" which is the name of the founding monk. The work "Nikaya Sangrahaya" identifies this temple as "Saddharmathilake" and "Saddharmalankaraya" identifies this as "Gadaladeniya Viharaya" after the village which it is located.

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Golden places in kandy

Embakke Devale

- A Wooden Wonder -

Embekke Devale, famed for its elaborate woodcarvings, pillars and other structures, nestle in the Udu Nuwara. It lies close to Daulagala about eight miles from Kandy.
Enticing Wood carvings - The UNESCO has identified these marvellous but elaborate carvings on wooden pillars to be the finest products of woodcarvings to be found in any part of the world.
Many are the hoary legends that tell of the origins of this splendid devale. According to archaic documents and the epic Embekke Varnanawa composed by Delgahagoda Mudiyanse, it was built during the Gampola period of King Wickrema Bahu II (1371 AD). One of his consorts named Henakanda Biso Bandara, in association with a drummer named as Rangama, as told in a miraculous dream, is supposed to have built this Devale dedicated to God Kataragama in a superb three-storeyed building which is now no more.
The devale is in two segmented buildings, the Digge (Dancing Hall) and Drummers Hall (Hewasi Mandappaya). Among them that caught my fascination are the following ones.
The wooden capital pillars have assumed varied shapes moulded skilfully into these intricate wood carvings. The bottom square is octagonal with carvings, while its top terminates in a leaf emanating from square.
The other intricate but unique piece of woodcarvings rest on the Pecada.
Enticing woodcarvings are also carved on some beams, rafters, doorways, and doors as well. Among the best masterpieces on the capital pillars are thus: Hansa Puttuwa (entwined swans) double headed eagles, and entwined rope designs, mother breast-feeding child, soldier fighting on horseback, female dancing figures, wrestlers, women emanating from a vein, bird with human figure, combination of elephant-bull and combination of elephant-lion.
Among such wonderful carvings, what attracted me most was the elephant-bull carving and that of the elephant with its elongated trunk which is mystically manifested. When one covers with one's palm, the figure of the carving resembling part bull, the real figure of the elephant with elongated trunk is manifested, while when one does the same with that of the elephant there emerges like magic the figure of the bull!
The roof of the Embekke Devale bears some ingenuous revelations of classic carpentry masterpieces in fixing the rafters. The 'Madol Kurupuwa' is one of the finest examples of medieval carpentry excellence. It is a wooden pin (this Madol Kurupuwa) which holds together 26 rafters at the hipped end of the roof of the Digge of Embekke Devale.
The giant pin is carved with pathuruliya, patha motifs.
Among the carvings, there are 125 series of decorations, 256 liyawel, 64 lotus designs in Pekada, 30 decorative patterns on timber, roof members, making a total of 514 such exquisite carvings.
All's well with the Embekke Devale, except the fact that the parapet wall facing the road unwanted posters have been pasted which is a real eye-sore to the visiting tourists, particularly to foreigners. The caretakers should be alert to prevent such unwarranted posters being pasted on the wall, which would mar this historic site.
A little distance away about 1/8 mile lies another assembly of stone pillars on which are carved the very replicas of the wooden pillars of the Embekke Devale. There are altogether 16 numbers of such columns in the base, with two octagonal sections above and square blocks in the centre and the end with carvings on four sides. It is believed that the wooden beams of the roof had rested on carved wooden capitals (Pekada), which are no longer to be seen in the site.
The roof had been covered with flat tiles. Rope design, entwining swan, berunde bird, dancing girl are some of the creations found on these stone columns, quite akin to the woodcarvings at Embekke Devale. The villagers still remember the existence of this Ambalama with the wooden roof about 100 years ago. The original state of the roof is shown in a photograph that appeared in Henry Cave's 'Book Of Ceylon' published in 1908. The Ambalama is 27 feet long and 22 feet wide, built on a platform with four monolithic columns in each corner, which is seven feet in height. This building is also called Sinhasana Mandapaya. In ancient times, the king and his royal entourage used to rest here and watch the perahera when it was held.
Of these stone pillars about seven have fallen down on the ground, while a few of them are broken into two. The stone carvings on the fallen stone pillars are fast defacing, posing a threat to its carvings. It is worthwhile if the Department of Archaeology takes immediate but concrete steps to have these fallen stone pillars restored to save this great national monument from acts of potential vandalism.

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