Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue

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Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue Located Close to Kandy town at the pinnacle point of the city. The speciality of this statue you can see it any part of the Kandy City.

The entrance of the place will welcome with Kumar Flower and Fragrance Shop, usually devotees will by flowers and fragrance for prayers.

Flowers and Fragrance Shop
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The entrance architectural works warmly welcome visitors

Entrance
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Soon after you enter you can see the seating Buddha’sStatue

Seating Buddha’s Statue
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Bell
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Chaithiya
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History of this Histocal Place extracted from Wikipedia

It is known for the Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya, construction of which commenced in 1972, under the direction of Ven. Ampitiye Dammarama Thero. It was opened to the public on 1 January 1993, by President Ranasinghe Premadasa.

As as well as you can see the Beaty of kand city from the top of this place. a nice place to visit

Eng MKM Kamil

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Wow… nice post about Bahirawakanda Temple @mkmkamil :+1::+1:

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Thank you for sharing this awesome post :blush:

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Thanks for your comment

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Great start @mkmkamil . hope to see more from you

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Hi @mkmkamil ,

Thank you for sharing with us.

I find the place really astonishing, as one day hopefully I may be able to visit the statue of Buddha.

Has the maintenance of Chaithiya finished?

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your welcome, All most finished, near in completion

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