MIHINTALAVA

පොසොන් උත්සවය යනු මහින්දාගමනය සැමරීම සඳහා පොසොන් පුරපසළොස්වක පොහෝ දිනයෙන් ආරම්භවන දින කිහිපයක් පුරා අනුරාධපුරය සහ මිහින්තලය ප්‍රධාන කොටගෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පැවැත්වෙන බෞද්ධාගමික උත්සවයකි.මහින්දාගමනය හෙවත්  මිහිදු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ පුමුඛ පිරිස ලක්දිවට වැඩම කිරීම  මගින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ බෞද්ධ දහම තීරණාත්මක ලෙස ස්ථාපිත වීම පොසොන් උත්සවයේ දී සමරනු ලබයි. ඒ වෙනුවෙන් බෞද්ධ ජනී ජනයා රජරටට වන්දනා ගමන් යාම, දන්සල් පැවැත්වීම, ආගමික කටයුතු වල නියැලීම […]

Is it the world’s first sanctuary?      The Mihintale Wildlife Sanctuary, which is believed to be the first sanctuary in the world, is today in a rather neglected state. There are no proper borders demarcating the sanctuary and no measures have been taken to protect its biodiversity. However, the Government has now taken steps to […]

Ven. Mahanuwara Sasanawansa Thera BUDDHIST HISTORY: The first meeting of the King Devanampiyatissa and Arahant Mahinda Thera is graphically described in the Mahavamsa, which is the beginning of the Sri Lankan Buddhist history and the culture of peace. During this period the King of Sri Lanka was Mutasiva. His second son was Devanampiyatissa who had […]

Poson is the month of a series of Buddhist festivals, ceremonies and celebrations in conneciton with the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka and in honour of the arrival of Arahat Mahinda Thera, the leader of the mission which brought not only Buddhsim but an enhanced social and cultural upliftment to Sri Lanka. Mihintalava and […]

The Misskapabbata became Cetiyapabbata because of two reasons. One reason could be the presence of several Stupas on the mountain and the other reason may have been that Cetiyagiri at Ujjeni was the birthplace of Mahinda Mahathera. In course of time Cetiyapabbata became Mihintalava or Mihintalava because of the association of Thera Mahinda with the […]

It is in an atmosphere of war and romance that one hears of Vedisa – the birthplace of Arahat Mahinda and Sanghamitta. Asoka, the son of Bindusara, the grandson of Chandra Gupta, was sent by his father Bindusara, to Gandhara (the present day Kandhara in Afganistan) to suppress a rebellion. Upon his accomplishment of this […]

King Tissa ruled Anuradhapura for forty years from 247-207 B.C. He is considered to be the first consecrated King of Sri Lanka who was also a close friend of the contemporary Indian Emperor Asoka. When Tissa sent envoys to Asoka with costly presents the Emperor in return conferred various honours on the envoys and on […]

HISTORY OF MIHINTALAVA King Devanampiyatissa Arahat Mahinda Missakapabbata Ancient festivals at Mihintalava In the wildness is the preservation of the world Mihintale sanctuary comes under protection today: Is it the world’s first sanctuary? The Sinhala civilisation dawned at Mihintalava known as Mihintalava today. As reported in our Chronicles it was 2311 years ago or say […]