Girihandu Seya Buddhist Temple, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Ceylon | Nithupathpana Viharaya | The Walker скачать в хорошем качестве

Girihandu Seya Buddhist Temple, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Ceylon | Nithupathpana Viharaya | The Walker

#girihanduseya #Buddhist #Thewalker Girihandu Seya Ancient Buddhist Temple Trincomalee, Sri Lanka ( Ceylon) The Girihandu Seya Ancient Buddhist Temple is situated in Thiriyai, Trincomalee which is 306 Km (190Mi) northeast of Colombo city and 47Km (29Mi) north to the Trincomalee town. The Girihandu Seya Temple is also known as Nithupathpana Viharaya. This temple is supposed to be the first Buddhist Stupa in Sri Lanka and is believed to be constructed by two seafaring merchants Trapusa & Bahalika. The names of these two merchants are recorded in a rock inscription found on the Vihara premises. According to the inscription, Girihandu Seya was built by the guilds of merchants named Trapassuka and Vallika where the names are written as Tapassu and Bhalluka in later Sinhala chronicles. The names Trapussaka and Vallika are said to be corruptions of Trapusa (Tapussa and Tapassu in Pali) and Bhallika, the names of two merchants who offered food to the Shakyamuni Gautama Buddha immediately after his enlightenment. The chronicles, Mahavagga, Lalitavistara, and Nidanakatha state that the two merchants from a country called Ukkala (Utkala in Sanskrit), we're led to the Buddha by a Deva (Deviyo), and there they have received some hair relics from the Buddha. They further state that the two merchants built a Stupa in their native country to enshrine the hair relics. The temple is situated on a small hillock and the summit is occupied by a vatadage containing the Stupa in the center. The Stupa was originally small in size and had been enlarged in the 8th century A.D. The Vatadageya covers the Stupa with concentric circles of stone pillars similar to Thuparamaya and Lankaramaya Stupas at Anuradhapura. The stone-made circular platform of the Vatadageya is open to the four directions and accessed by a flight of steps with guard stones (Muragala) and balustrades (Korawak Gala) showing the usual Sinhalese architecture. On the terraces lower than the Vatadageya are vestiges of monastic structures, including ruined buildings, stone pillars, flight of steps, ponds, and remains of a stone bridge. The slope of the hill are some rock caves, two of which contain Brahmi inscriptions, The oldest incident connected with the site is etched in an 8th-century Sanskrit epigraph found at the site which refers to shrine name "Girikandicaiitya" being established on the hill-top by the company of merchants headed by Tapassu and Bhallika. The Pujavaliya, a 13th-century Sinhalese religious work definitely states that the two merchants Tapassu and Bhalluka built a Stupa, enshrining the hair relics after they went on a sea voyage and came to the island of Sri Lanka. It further states that the two merchants came to the place called Girihandu and placed the casket of the relic on the summit of the rock and went for the eat. When they returned after having cooked and eaten their meals they couldn't move the relic casket from the place where it was. Finally giving honour to it, they covered the casket by a heap of stones, and went their way. It is said that in later times there was a Vihara named Girihandu at that place. Meanwhile, the Burmese Buddhists also firmly believe that the two merchants enshrined the hair relics of Buddha in their own Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. My Facebook -:   / thewalker89   Girihandu Seya Ancient Buddhist Temple Location -: https://goo.gl/maps/npahzH8oRckuSxRYA My Previous Videos -: Koneswaram Hindu Temple Trincomalee -    • Koneswaram Hindu Temple Trincomalee, Sri L...   Marble Beach Trincomalee -    • Marble Beach Trincomalee Sri Lanka | Trinc...   Kirindi Ella Waterfall Sri Lanka (Ceylon) -    • Kirindi Ella Waterfall | Pelmadulla, Sri L...   Makeli Ella Waterfall Sri Lanka (Ceylon) -    • Makeli Ella Waterfall Molkawa | Mathugama ...   Pahiyangala Cave -    • Pahiyangala Cave | Pahiyangala Lena | Fa X...   Kumari Ella Avissawella -    • Kumari Ella Waterfall | Kumari Ella (Aviss...   Hurulu Forest Reserve -    • Hurulu Forest Reserve Sri Lanka | Hurulu E...   Beddagana Wetland Park, Sri Jayawardanepura Kotte, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) -    • Beddagana Wetland Park, Sri Jayawardanepur...   The Sacred Footprint of Gautama Buddha (Sri Padaya) -    • The Sacred Footprint of Gautama Buddha (Sr...   Manam Ella Manam Waterfalls -    • Manam Ella Manam Waterfalls   #buddhist #anceintbuddhisttemple #buddhisttemple #Srilanka #ceylon #fristbuddhiststupainsrilanka #1stbuddhisttemple #Trincomalee #temple #NithupathpanaViharaya