සිරි ගෞතම ස්වර්ණමාලී මහා සෑය.

පිහිටා ඇති ස්ථානය:මහමෙව්නාව මහා විහාරය මාතර

මහමෙව්නාව භාවනා අසපුසංචිතයේ මුලින් ම ඉදිවූ සෑ රජුන් සිරි ගෞතම ස්වර්ණමාලී මහා සෑ රජුන් ය. අනුරපුර මහමෙව්නා උයනේ අසදිස ස්වර්ණමාලී මහා සෑ රජුන් ගේ අනුරුවක් ලෙස ඉදිවූ මෙම සෑ රජුන් තුළ තථාගත සම්බුදු රජාණන් වහන්සේ ගේ ශාරීරික ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා බොහෝ ප්‍රමාණයක් ද, තථාගත ශ්‍රාවක රහතන් වහන්සේලා ගේ ශාරීරීක ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා බොහෝ ප්‍රමාණයක් ද තැන්පත් ව පවතී. එසේ ම ශ්‍රී මුඛ බුද්ධ දේශනා ඇතුළත් සටහන් කළ තඹ පත් ඉරුද තවත් නානා පූජා ද්‍රව්‍යයන් ද මේ උතුම් සෑ ගර්භයෙහි නිදන් කොට තිබේ. දිනපතා පින්වත් ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලාගේත් සැදැහැවත් උපාසක උපාසිකාවන් ගේ ත් අපමණ ගෞරව බහුමානයට ලක්වෙමින්, මහමෙව්නාව මහා විහාර භූමිය ශෝභමාන කරවමින් මේ මහා සෑ රජුන් විරාජමානව වැඩ සිටී.

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Swarnamalee Maha Se Wandanawa - Apr 2012

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Ruwanweli Maha Seya 1809

Ruwanvali maha Seya was build by the great king Dutugamunu who reigned from 137BC to119 BC. The original stupa has been about 180 feet (55 metres) in height and was renovated by many kings. The stupa is 350 feet (107 metres) in height and 300 feet (92 metres) in diameter today.

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glitter! the pinnacle of Ruwanweli Maha Seya (night time)

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The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa in Sri Lanka, considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and sacred to many Buddhists all over the world. It was built by King Dutugemunu, who became lord of all Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King Elara, was defeated. It is also known as Mahathupa, Swarnamali Chaitya, Suvarnamali Mahaceti (in Pali) and Rathnamali Dagaba.
This is one of the Solosmasthana (the 16 places of veneration) and the Atamasthana (the 8 places of veneration in the ancient sacred city of Anuradhapura)

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The Ruwanwelisaya (also written as Ruvanvalisaya) is a stupa in Sri Lanka, considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and sacred to many Buddhists all over the world. Simply known also as the Great Stupa, the Ruvanvalisaya was constructed by Dutthagamani after he became king in 161 BCE. This was his most ambitious project and it is said that one of the architects designed the dome to resemble a bubble of milk. Sadly, the king did not live to see the completion of the stupa.

It is said king Dutugemunu started to build this wonder on a Wesak full moon day which is the most sacred day for the Buddhists and as you can see if you visit the stupa,it was such massive(the pinnacle of the stupa is 24 meters high and its circumference is 950ft!!)that most say he was not been able to finish the work till his death and it was finished by his brother king Saddhathissa who followed him after.There are a lot of reasons why Ruwanwelisaya is very sacred to Buddhists and some reasons would be that it has Lord Buddha's sacred relics deposited inside,made by the great king Dutugemunu and made on a Wesak full moon day.

The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa in Sri Lanka, considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and sacred to many Buddhists all over the world. It was built by King Dutugemunu, who became lord of all Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King Elara, was defeated. It is also known as Mahathupa, Swarnamali Chaitya and Rathnamali Dagaba.

The compound of the stupa is surrounded by four walls with elephant figures made into them. It is believed that relics of the Buddha are enshrined within the stupa. The Ruvanvalisaya was also designed with the teachings of the Buddha in mind. Its dome signifies the vastness of the doctrine, the four facets above it represent the Four Noble Truths, the concentric rings indicate the Noble Eightfold Middle Path, and the large crystal at the pinnacle represents the ultimate Buddhist goal of enlightenment.