Ranawana Royal Temple
මහා විහාර වංශික ස්‍යාමෝපාලී මහානිකායේ මල්වතු මහා විහාර පාර්ශවයේ අනුනායක, ගෞරව ශාස්ත්‍රවේදී අතිපූජ්‍ය දිඹුල්කූඹුරේ ශ්‍රී විමලධම්මාභිධාන ස්වාමීන්ද්‍රයන් වහන්සේ.
මහා විහාර වංශික ස්‍යාමෝපාලී මහානිකායේ මල්වතු මහා විහාර පාර්ශවයේ කාරක සංඝ සභික රණවන පුරාණ රජමහා විහාරාධිපති ගරුතර අම්පිටියේ ශ්‍රී චන්දජෝතී නායක ස්වාමීන්ද්‍රයන් වහන්සේ.
මල්වතු විහාරවාසී, කර්මාචාර්‍ය, රණවන පුරාණ විහාරස්ථානයේ විහාරාධිකාරී පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ ආරාධිත කථිකාචාර්ය පල්ලෙකැලේ සිබා ජාත්‍යන්තර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ කථිකාචාර්ය ශාස්ත්‍රපති රාජකීය පණ්ඩිත පුජ්‍ය ටැම්පිටියේ ඉන්දවිමල ස්වාමීන්ද්‍රයන්ව හන්සේ.
About
Ranawana Royal Temple is situated in The Ranawana Village which is in The Yatinüwara Secretariat Division in Kandy District Central Province Of Sri Lanka The Royal lady – Henakanda Biso Bandara and the Noble Ranawana Mohottala took the initiative to Established this holy place more than 500 years ago during the Gampola era the holy relics of Lord Buddha along with the casing (Karaduwa) which were brought from india by Brahmin Sri
Rama are Placed In this holy Temple
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Northern Entrance of Sanchi
The Original Buddhist Vihara at Sanchi, famous for this great Stupa is located at Sanchi Town in Raisen District Of the state of Madhya Pradesh India and there are four elaborately carved thorana (Ornamental gateways)around it what is to be seen in Ranawana Royal temple is a Copy of the Northern gateway which is the only a available One Of Its Kind in Sri Lanka
The 28 Statues and the respective Bodhis
The twenty eight Buddha’s are said to have attained enlightenment from the time Gothama buddha attained The twenty eight Buddha’s are said to hawesttained enlightenment from the time Gothama buddha auained his first definite prophecy (assurance that one will definitely become a buddha One day) from Dipankara Buddha according to most Buddhist traditions Mettaya, in sanskrit) expected to be Next Buddha
Each Buddha attained enlightens meditating under a tree all of the trees are considered Bodhi trees but they are different species of tree.
Leaving Layman
Prince Siddhartha Left all the material comforts in Order to find the truth of life he abandoned his home to devote himself entirely to spiritual pursuits the support to lave the place was given by a minister of the kingdom channa and his horse kanthaka
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History
The Ranawana Purana Rajamaha Vihara also conducts a Dhamma School for locals, which is considered an important part of the community services that are offered by the temple. The forest trails that lead to the depictions of Lord Buddha within the forest are used for educating the local Buddhist children who attend the temple.
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