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.
