Weherahena Buddhist Temple

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Weherahena Buddhist Temple

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Breathtaking nature and rich history – 15 days tour with local private driver
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Breathtaking nature and rich history – 15 days tour with local private driver

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Enjoy a roundtrip with your private driver: You see the best spots for local wildlife and get to know more about culture, history and every-day life in Sri Lanka. You will discover spectacular landscape and wildlife. Let us show you wonderful places to relax. Take part in real rural life and visit the famous UNESCO sites in a special way: Climb Sigiriya at the most impressive moment of the day - in early morning, when it is not so crowded, the temperature is cool and the light wonderful. Visit the Dambulla cave temples with us, enjoy the magic of Kandian Temple-dance and be overwhelmed by observing elephants, leopards and bears at Yala Nationalpark. Enjoy the amazing beaches in the East and the South, have a Whale-watching-tour or go hiking, swimming and snorkeling. Taste our traditional food and enjoy srilankan hospitality! We pick you up at Colombo International Airport and at the end of our tour we take you to your booked hotel or to the airport. Come join with us!
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Sunil F wrote a review Feb 2020
13 contributions2 helpful votes
Most Impressive Buddhist temple to visit . Beautifully made.. The temple is opened to Everyone. Located in a very peaceful place. If you are in Matara. Down south Sri Lanka do not miss it..
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Date of experience: January 2020
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pavana❤ wrote a review Feb 2020
Matara, Sri Lanka11 contributions
We are Buddhist and we a like to go there.i think no ticket for local and foreigners people.we going day small children giving us to flower for praying.its very good.
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Date of experience: February 2020
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Seevali D wrote a review Jan 2020
Colombo, Sri Lanka8,290 contributions203 helpful votes
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My wife and I visited the Weherahena Buddhist Temple in the morning on 24th December 2019. We parked our car in the designated car park and walked up about 75 metres to the temple entrance. Entrance fee for foreigners Rs 250. The pride of place goes to the 39-metre-tall seated Buddha statue built on a stage shaped as a lotus flower. This statue, completed in 1976, overlooks a vast courtyard. The bo-tree at the far-left end of the courtyard looks insignificant in the presence of this colossal statue. A small chaitya (pagoda) is at the far-right end of the courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard are two long ponds with large lotus flowers constructed along their central axes. Since it was a public holiday (24/12), there were many devotees visiting the temple. At the far end of the courtyard are the steps that lead down to the 600 feet long tunnel complex. All along the walls of the maze of tunnels are fresco art scenes depicting buddha’s life and those from jathaka stories (related to his previous birth episodes). The history of the temple is rather short beginning only in the early 20th century. To me the frescoes and paintings within the tunnel look rather gaudy compared to the serene frescoes seen at other temples! I presume they are only meant to remind devotees about Buddha's life and its virtues! Visitors are required to behave with decorum, clothed and dressed modestly as this is a place of worship. Footwear are left outside before entering the temple compound.
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Date of experience: December 2019
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Jacksonsinbrighton wrote a review Jan 2020
Brighton, United Kingdom419 contributions111 helpful votes
We arrived about 10ish and where the only people their. You pay entry 250r each and then you give money to the guide at the end. Take your loose change for the lucky cotton rest band you will get from a monks. Amazing paintings and sculptures telling the Buddha history. Our Tuk Tuk driver offered to then take us to see the light house.
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Date of experience: January 2020
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BlueBeak29 wrote a review Nov 2019
Darmstadt, Germany9 contributions
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Very impressive place. 35 meter Buddha statue with an underground tempel. The walls of the temple are painted with pictures telling the story of buddah. Admission is 250 rupee and you get a guid who explains you everything. Definitely worth a visit.
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Date of experience: November 2019
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