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Welcome to the official website of Pamankada Sri Maha Vihara.

Pamankada Sri Maha Viharasthan located in Vilawala grama, Udugaha Pattuwe, Salpiti Korala, Western Province, Colombo District, is an ancient and prestigious temple belonging to the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagridharma Maha Sanghasabha dating back to the Kotte Rajadhaniya era. No specific information can be found about the monks who lived here in the early period. latter, The renaissance that took place after the arrival of Baddegama Sarankara Maha Therodrayan, the fifth student of Maligaspe Mangala Mahanayake Therodrayan, who lived in Kotte Rajamaha Vihara during the English period, has remained unchanged until today.
He was a Dharma Vinayadhara who was living in Sri Lanka at that time and was also highly respected by Vidyodaya Parivenadhipati Most Venerable Sumangala Prefect of Hikkaduwa. It is special that the original land portion of the lands of all the Parivar temples associated with Pamangkada Sri Maha Viharasthan was offered to him.
The ornate shrine that spreads the beauty to the Pamankada temple was built with the help of the Saddharmadana Society by Kodagoda Pannnananda Therodrayan, who held the title of Upadhyaya as well as Anunayaka of the Kotte Sanghasabhav. After his passing, the religious mission of Kombala Medhananda Mahatheradraya, who became dominant in the two temples, for 40 years, by performing Sati Pirith Pinkama every year, is forever memorable.

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Sambuddha Pooja Committee

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Viharastha Dayaka Sabawa

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Viharastha Kulagana Samitiya

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Sri Vachissara Institute

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Viharastha Community Care Unit

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 Sri Sanghamitta Dhamma School

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Sunday School Association

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Tikiri Pre School


The Message of Viharadipathi Nayaka Thero..  

Really appriciated for Creating a website named htpps://srimahaviharaya.org so that the entire world Buddhist people can know about Pamankada Sri Maha Viharaya which has a long history form Kotte kingdom period and all the institutions related to the temple, its role and the lineage of attached Viharaya. It is our belief that this will give us a lot of strength to carry out the various religious membership and educational activities centered around Pamankada Sri Maha Vihara. I am gratefully to the Viharadhikari, Royal Pandit Master Walpola Siri Piyarathana Sthavira, who encouraged this, and to Mr. Anushka Wijeweera, Managing Director of LakRu Media Networks (Private) Company and LakRu International Radio Channel, who highlighted the need for such a website and contributed his money for design this. I would like to give thanking for him. It is our desire to see Pamangkada Sri Maha Viharay develop day by day in all aspects, and this website will also be useful for all the future affairs. 

Aggamaha Pandita, Most Ven. Dr. Valpola Piannada Nayaka Thero

Chief Sanganayaka - United States of America
Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Temple (Viharadhipati) - Los Angeles, USA
Sri Maha Viharaya (Viharadhipati) 

The Message of the Viharadhikari...

Pamankada Sri Maha Viharaya located in Dehiwala division of Udugaha Pattu, Salpiti Korala, Colombo District, Western Province is an old and prestigious temple belonging to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagridharma Maha Sanghabhava. Professor Kotagama Siri Vachissara, who was a great Sangha leader at that time, also lived in this temple.

At present, the leadership of the temple complex, including this Maha Vehra, is the Chief Sanghanayaka of America, the head of the Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles, USA, and Aggamaha Pandita Dr. Valpola Piannada Nayaka Thero. His Highness, who became the viharadhipthi in the year 2019, has provided great leadership for the development of the physical and human resources of the temple in the short span of 4 years. Under the vision of "keeping the old and taking the new", many old buildings of the temple have been given a new life. It is our hope that this new website will support the various religious, membership and educational functions carried out by our temple in a more formal manner.

Royal Pandit, Viharadikari, Walpola Siri Piyarathana Thero

Sri Maha Viharaya 

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"Aggamaha Pandita, DAggamaha Pandita, Most Ven. Dr. Valpola Piannada Nayaka Thero' Scholarship Fund"

By establishing this fund, The offer is aimed at a gold printed seal to recognize the national and international dharma academic service of Most Ven. Dr. Valpola Valpola Piyanandabhidhana Thero, America's chief Chief Sanganayaka, and to further motivate the most gifted scholars studying Buddhist culture at Sri Lanka Buddhist and Pali University in the subject of dharma communication.

Accordingly, among the students (Sinhala and English) of the Bachelor of Arts (Special) degree course (Buddhist Culture) of the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, the student who obtains the maximum grade point average of the graded values in all the subject papers will be awarded the "Aggamaha Pandita, Dr. Atipujya Walpola Piyananda Theradra Swarna Mudrika"

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Head of Department

Department of Buddhist Culture

Address

Sri maha Viharaya,
Sri Maha Viharaya Road,
Pamankada,
Dehiwala- Sri Lanka.

Email

Email : info@srimahaviharaya.org
             


Telephone

+94 71 3893000
+94 11  2737637