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Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara

Also referred to as Mulgirigala, Muvathitigala, Muhudungiri and Dakkhina Vihara in the current world; Mulkirigala has been identified to be the temple known as Giriba Vihara in the ancient religious chronicle Bodhi Vamsa. Through this it has now been know that Mulkirigala is a temple where one of the 32 seedlings germinated from the original Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi (the holy bo tree branch that was brought by Sangamitta and planted in Sri Lanka, when she introduced Buddhism to the country) was planted.

 

Il tempio rupestre di Mulkirigala (conosciuto anche come Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara) è un antico tempio buddista situato nei pressi della cittadina di Mulkirigala, nel sud dello Sri Lanka.

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