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Gadaladeniya Vihara

1344 · 14th century

Gadaladeniya is a Buddhist temple near Kandy in central Sri Lanka, built in 1344 under King Bhuvanaikabahu IV of Gampola. Designed by a south Indian architect, its stone shrine combines Sinhalese and Dravidian styles and is one of the finest monuments of the Gampola period.

Gadaladeniya Vihara — Image: Cherubino · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Kingdom of Gampola

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gadaladeniya Vihara. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gadaladeniya-vihara
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