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Kelaniya Temple, Gampaha
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| Type: | Attraction, Culture |
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| Preference: | Popular, Cultural, Family |
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| Website: | www.lankacardriver.com |
| Email: | srilankatours@ymail.com |
| Telephone: | +94777131088 |
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| Public Transport: | Available |
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| First to Review: | Cecilchandra Premaratne |
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Attraction , Cultural Updated 450 days ago
The Serenity, the quiet and calm, the peaceful atmosphere for meditation the histiry surrounding the place are all parts of things that make this place of worship a top attractions.
Also remember to see the worls renowned paintings.
one word of advise... avoid POYA DAYS ... because its unbeleivably crowded and noisy on the poya days.
Review by Jerome Isaac
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Attraction , Family , Cultural Updated 550 days ago
Kelaniya is a famous Buddhist temple located about 8 km away from Colombo which is sited on the Kelani River. It is believe that the Buddha visited Kelaniya in order to quell a quarrel between two Nāga leaders.. The temple has become famous because of the beautiful paintings and sculpture.
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Review by Tropical Holidays
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Attraction , Cultural Updated 598 days ago
This is a sacred Buddhist Temple of much importance to the Buddhist as it was visited by The Buddha on his third visit to this beautiful island and also as the Chair on which The Buddha sat and preached his teaching is said to be enshined in the Chaityaa - Stupa (Pagoda).
Review by Vijitha
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Culture , Popular Updated 660 days ago
Kelaniya temple is a famous temple near Colombo which is said that buddha one time has visited this premises to settle a dispute over a throne among two brother princes.It has a very unique style Dagoba depicting the paddy heap style which is a rare style in sri Lanka.Also people believe that this temple has strange powers to help people.every day hundreds of people visit this temple for vershipping.Each year there is a special colourful pagent with many elephants
Review by Wasantha Wijegunawardene
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Culture , Popular Updated 671 days ago
This is another place visited by the buddha. it'sinteresting becuase you will find always maney buddhist during all over the year.
it's famous also for paintings.
Review by Upasena
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Culture , Family , Tourist-free Updated 685 days ago
The Kelaniya temple is a famous temple said to enshrine a 'Jewelled Throne' that was fought over by two 'naga' kings. Visiting Sri Lanka on this occasion Lord Buddha solved the dispute and the chair was enshrined and Kelaniya temple was built by the kings to respect Lord Buddha. There is a local saying that translates to 'If you worship at Kelaniya temple once, all sins will be washed away'. This saying shows how important the temple is for locals. The temple can be very crowded on Buddhist holidays but otherwise is a very calm and quite place to visit.
Review by Suchith Abeyewickreme
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Culture , Family , Popular Updated 709 days ago
Kelaniya Temple is situated just outside of the Colombo City. It is a tranquil place to visit and venerated by Buddhists due to the fact that the Lord Buddha has visited this same spot in the past.
Partly torn down by the Portugese, it still retains some of the original paintings as well as the paintings by the artist called Solis Mendis.
Review by Anil Pathmaperuma
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Culture , Popular Updated 712 days ago
This is the world famous religious place near to Colombo city.This place is 2 Km.away from my place. I visited this on my free time. The Lord Buddha visited in this place to settle the conflict of two human group in Sri Lanka.
Review by Cecilchandra Premaratne
