Mawaragala Forest Monestry

Mawaragala Forest Monastery is a small but tranquil woodland monastery located approximately 15 kilometers far from the Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya. It is thought that Arhat Maliyadeva Thero used to stay right here with sixty different Buddhist clergymen during the reign of King Vatta Gamini Abhaya. The monastery has ruins of historic balustrades, defend stones, rock pillars, and approximately 25 cave chambers constructed into the boulders, utilized by ascetic Buddhist clergymen.

The clergymen normally mediate in the course of 11:30 AM to one PM and it's far counseled to keep away from that point whilst visiting. Mahavamsa information advises that Arhath Maliyadeva Thero became the ultimate famous arhat who had remarkable psychic powers in Sri Lanka. He lived in the 2d century BC. The monastery has a rock floor of approximately 25 rectangular feet named the Bawanagala, which is thought to be where Arhat Maliyadeva used to meditate. The monastery welcomes nature fanatics who're interested in meditating.