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Maha Saman Dewalaya, Ratnapura

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Danushka W

A place where millions of devotees comes and visit, charming and relaxing place with majestic ancient buildings and the place is dedicated to GREAT GOD SAMAN ( MAHA SAMAN DEVIYO) mainly Buddhist and o... more »
Serrureenvrille

A l'intérieur du temple, ne pas rater l'arbre qui pousse sur une pierre. Tuiles de toit typiquement cinghalaises. Chaque zone d'un temple est consacrée à une divinité que Bouddha a choisie. Dans la co... more »

Inside the temple, do not miss the tree growing on a stone. Typically early roof tiles. Each area of a temple is dedicated to a deity, Buddha has chosen. In the courtyard, observe the steps in height which are used to dress up for the Perahera elephant elephants. You can light the camphor on a walnut that coco and put our problem that we want to get rid in the nuts. We then turn 3 times the nuts, extending the arm in the direction of the clockwise and throw on the stone (located in one of the courtyards). If it breaks, the problem disappears.

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Lahiru M

it is mentioned that the Administrator Saman, attained the first level of enlightenment Sotapanna at the end of the sermon of Lord Buddha. actually this is the only one sinhala dewalaya in sri lanka (... more »

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