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Sri Vishnu Devala | ශ්‍රී විෂ්ණු දේවාලය
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Sri Dalada Maligawa
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sacred City of Kandy
7JVR+CGP, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Old Royal Palace
15 Raja Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Sri Natha Devalaya | ශ්‍රී නාථ දේවාලය
7JVR+G5W, Temple Square, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
International Buddhist Museum | ජාත්‍යන්තර බෞද්ධ කෞතුකාගාරය
Hemamali Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Kataragama Devalaya
7JVP+JP9, Sri Skanda Kumara Devala Ln, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Kandy Lake
Kandy, Sri Lanka
British Garrison Cemetery
7JVV+55F, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Royal Palace Park - Kandy
7JRP+4W5, Rajapihilla Mawatha, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Giragama Walawwa
7JVP+P9P, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Balaji Dosai
03 DS Senanayake Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Cafe Nuwara
No: 146 DS Senanayake Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Pizza Hut - Kandy
06 A9, Kandy, Sri Lanka
The Empire Cafe
Temple St, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Department of Coffee
22 Colombo St, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Buono
72 DS Senanayake Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Sri Krishna Dosai
14 A9, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Nagalingam's Bhavan - Pure Vegetarian Indian Restaurant (No onion, garlic and leeks)
77 Colombo St, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Fab Ceylon
121/3/1 E L Senanayake Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Cafe Aroma Inn
98 Colombo St, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Nearby hotels
Queens Hotel
A9, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
The Radh Hotel
30 Colombo St, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Royal Bar & Hotel
No.44 Raja Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Heritage Boutique
Layers Building, 41 Deva Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Charlton Kandy Rest
31 Raja Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Olde Empire
21 Temple St, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Victory Hotel & Bar
79 Colombo St, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Hotel Casamara Kandy
12 E L Senanayake Veediya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Ceyloni City Hotel
21 Cross St, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Kandy City Mission
125, D S. Senanayake Street, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
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attractions: Sri Dalada Maligawa, Sacred City of Kandy, Old Royal Palace, Sri Natha Devalaya | ශ්‍රී නාථ දේවාලය, International Buddhist Museum | ජාත්‍යන්තර බෞද්ධ කෞතුකාගාරය, Kataragama Devalaya, Kandy Lake, British Garrison Cemetery, Royal Palace Park - Kandy, Giragama Walawwa, restaurants: Balaji Dosai, Cafe Nuwara, Pizza Hut - Kandy, The Empire Cafe, Department of Coffee, Buono, Sri Krishna Dosai, Nagalingam's Bhavan - Pure Vegetarian Indian Restaurant (No onion, garlic and leeks), Fab Ceylon, Cafe Aroma Inn
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Sri Dalada Maligawa

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Daniyal SaleemDaniyal Saleem
During my recent trip, I had the chance to explore the Vishnu Devalaya in Kandy, one of the four Devalayas within the Royal Palace complex. This temple is a unique blend of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, dedicated to God Vishnu. Steeped in history, it's where Kandy's kings were crowned and numerous ceremonies took place. One of the highlights of my visit was the stunning cloth painting depicting a scene from the Ramayana, the Indian epic. The temple's architecture and ambiance created a peaceful and spiritual atmosphere, making it a serene escape from the bustling world outside. The vibrant reliefs and paintings of Vishnu and his avatars on the walls and doors were truly captivating. A charming touch was the playful monkeys in the bo tree, occasionally sneaking away with food offerings from the devotees. I recommend this temple to anyone with an interest in exploring the cultural and religious heritage of Sri Lanka.
Purinda AbeykoonPurinda Abeykoon
I visited the Vishnu Devalaya in Kandy, which is one of the four Devalayas (shrines) in the Royal Palace complex. It is dedicated to God Vishnu, who is revered by both Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka. The temple has a beautiful architecture and a rich history. It was where the kings of Kandy were crowned and where many rituals and ceremonies were held. The temple also has a stunning cloth painting depicting a scene from the Ramayana, the epic poem of India. The temple is free to enter and has a peaceful and spiritual atmosphere. I enjoyed seeing the colorful reliefs and paintings of Vishnu and his avatars on the walls and doors. I also liked watching the monkeys in the bo tree, which sometimes steal the food offerings from the devotees. I recommend this temple to anyone who is interested in Sri Lanka's religious and cultural heritage.
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This is one of the main four devalayas (shrines for gods) and is dedicated to the god wishnu.This great piece of kandyan architecture lies on a cliff north to the royal palace.The building perfectly syncs with the natural beauty of the surrounding and is a great place to have a peaceful time. Visited on 14.11.2022
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During my recent trip, I had the chance to explore the Vishnu Devalaya in Kandy, one of the four Devalayas within the Royal Palace complex. This temple is a unique blend of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, dedicated to God Vishnu. Steeped in history, it's where Kandy's kings were crowned and numerous ceremonies took place. One of the highlights of my visit was the stunning cloth painting depicting a scene from the Ramayana, the Indian epic. The temple's architecture and ambiance created a peaceful and spiritual atmosphere, making it a serene escape from the bustling world outside. The vibrant reliefs and paintings of Vishnu and his avatars on the walls and doors were truly captivating. A charming touch was the playful monkeys in the bo tree, occasionally sneaking away with food offerings from the devotees. I recommend this temple to anyone with an interest in exploring the cultural and religious heritage of Sri Lanka.
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I visited the Vishnu Devalaya in Kandy, which is one of the four Devalayas (shrines) in the Royal Palace complex. It is dedicated to God Vishnu, who is revered by both Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka. The temple has a beautiful architecture and a rich history. It was where the kings of Kandy were crowned and where many rituals and ceremonies were held. The temple also has a stunning cloth painting depicting a scene from the Ramayana, the epic poem of India. The temple is free to enter and has a peaceful and spiritual atmosphere. I enjoyed seeing the colorful reliefs and paintings of Vishnu and his avatars on the walls and doors. I also liked watching the monkeys in the bo tree, which sometimes steal the food offerings from the devotees. I recommend this temple to anyone who is interested in Sri Lanka's religious and cultural heritage.
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This is one of the main four devalayas (shrines for gods) and is dedicated to the god wishnu.This great piece of kandyan architecture lies on a cliff north to the royal palace.The building perfectly syncs with the natural beauty of the surrounding and is a great place to have a peaceful time. Visited on 14.11.2022
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On to the North-West of the palace, in front of the “Natha Devale“ is the “Vishnu Devalya” popularly a the “Maha Devale”. This is one of the Hatara Devale in the Kandy, the other three being the Natha, Kataragama and Patini. These four Devalayas have a long association with the Royal Palace ( Maha Vasala) and the Temple of Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa) and has been venerated by Buddhists and Hindus alike from the inception.

Different historical documents have called this deity and the Devale by different names. Robert Knox, the English Prisoner has called the deity in this devale “Aluth Nuwara Deiyo”. According to legend the “Aluth Nuwara Deviyo” was brought to Aluth Nuwara in Kegalle District from Devinuwara in Matara. This deity was called “Upulvan Deiyo” (deity with a colour of a lotus). Later this deity in Aluth Nuwara was known as “Vishnu”. The 15th century “Paravi Sandeshaya”, a poetical work describes the deity at Devinuwara, Matara as a destroyer of Asura. Thus it can believed that this same deity is also “Rama” of the great Indian Epic “Ramayana”. Interestingly “Ehelapola Varnanawa”, a poetical work done in the 19th century calls this shrine at Kandy, “The Rama Devale”. It is also interesting to note that this devale has had in possesion a cloth painting depicting the Battle of Rama and Rawana.

“According to Mahavansa, The great chronicle of Sri Lanka, It was “Upulvan Deiyo” thus Vishnu that was selected as the guardian to protect the land of Sri Lanka and Buddhism within it at the time of Buddha’s passing away.

“When the Guide of the World, having accomplished the salvation of the whole world and having reached the utmost stage of blissful rest, was lying on the bed of his nibbana; in the midst of the great assembly of gods, he, the great sage, the greatest of those who have speech, spoke to Sakka’ who stood there near him: `Vijaya, son of king Sihabahu, is come to Lanka from the country of Lala, together with seven hundred followers. In Lanka, O lord of gods, will my religion be established, therefore carefully protect him with his followers and Lanka.

When the lord of gods heard the words of the Buddha he from respect handed over the guardianship of Lanka to the god who is in colour like the lotus. “ — From Mahavansa

According to beliefs, Vishnu is a future Buddha after Natha. Therefore Vishnu always has had a high ranking within the deities worshipped by the Sri Lankans. During the Kandyan Era the the Kings “Abisheka Mangallaya” or the Coronation Ceremony was held at this Maha Devale .

The origin of Vishnu Devalya or the shrine of Vishnu is unclear. This is a long building with a storied sanctum at the end. In front the sanctum is a long hall called “dig-ge”. This hall is for dancers and who carry out puja for the deity. Today it is used by the devotees to pray. This building complex is entered through a two storeyed Vahalkada (entrance doorway), to an open hall with timber columns in the middle terrace, a beautifully carved stone flight of steps and the drumming hall. On the upper terrace is another small shrine, the God Dedimunda’s Shrine and a large Bo-tree.

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විෂ්ණු දේවාලය මහා දේවාලය ලෙසින් ප්‍රචලිත විස්නු දේවාලය, නාථ දේවාලයේ ප්‍රධාන දොරටුව ඉදිරිපිට මාර්ගය හරහා සහ දේව සංහිඳේ රජ මාලිගය අසල පිහිටා ඇත. මෙම ස්ථානයේ ඉතිහාසය නොදනී. රොබට් නොක්ස් එහි ඇති දෙවියන් අලූත් නුවර දෙයියෝ හෙවත් අලුත් නුවර දෙවියන් ලෙස හැඳින්වූයේ එම දෙවියන් මුලින් වැඩ සිටියේ කෑගල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ අලූත් නුවර බවයි. තවත් ජන පුරාවෘත්තයකට අනුව ගැඹුරු දකුණේ දෙවුන්දර වැඩ සිටි දෙවියන් ද අලුත් නුවරට වැඩම කරවන ලදී. මෙම දෙවියන් උපුල්වන් හෝ 'නිල් පැහැති' (රාම දෙවියන්?) ලෙස හඳුන්වනු ලබන අතර පසුව වර්ණය නිසා විෂ්ණු ලෙස හඳුනා ගන්නා ලදී. කෙසේ වෙතත්, පසුකාලීනව මෙම දේවාලයේ නේවාසික දෙවියන් විෂ්ණු ලෙස හඳුන්වනු ලැබූ අතර ප්‍රධාන දේවාලය අසල අලුත් නුවර දේවාලයේ දැඩිමුණ්ඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය දෙවියන් සඳහා වෙනම දේවාලයක් ඉදිකරන ලදී .

පුරාණෝක්තිවලට අනුව බුදුන් වහන්සේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බෞද්ධ ශාසනය (ශාසනය) සුරැකීමේ කාර්යය ශක්‍ර (ඉන්ද්‍ර) ට පැවරූ අතර, ශක්‍රයා මෙම බලය විෂ්ණු වෙත පවරා ඇත. නාථගෙන් පසු අනාගත බුදුන් වහන්සේ යැයි විශ්වාස කෙරේ .

15 වැනි සියවසේ සිංහල සන්දේශ කාව්‍යයක් වන පරවි සන්දේශයේ විස්තර කර ඇති පරිදි දෙවුන්දර දෙවියන් බලසම්පන්න දෙවියකු ලෙසත්, බලයෙන්, මහිමයෙන් පිරුණු අසුරයන් පරාජය කරන්නෙකු ලෙසත් සැලකේ. ඒ නිසා උපුල්වන් ලෙස විස්තර කරන මේ දෙවියන් සමහරවිට රාම වෙන්න ඇති කියලා කියන්න පුළුවන්. මෙම උපකල්පනය මහනුවර දේවාලය රාම දේවාලය ලෙස හැඳින්වෙන ඉහත නම් කරන ලද කවියෙන් අනුබල දෙයි . මෙම දේවාලය සතුව රාම සහ රාවණා යුද්ධය නිරූපිත රෙදි වියනක් තිබී ඇති බව ද සිත්ගන්නා කරුණකි.

රජ දවස අභිෂේක මංගල්‍යය හෙවත් අභිෂේක මංගල්‍යය මහා දේවාලයේ පැවැත්විණි. ගුරුබැබිල ලන්දේසීන්ගේ පරාජයෙන් පසු රාජාධි රාජසිංහ රජු විසින් මෙම සිද්ධස්ථානයට රන් ආලේපිත හංකලයක් පූජා කළ බව විශ්වාස කෙරේ.

සාම්ප්‍රදායිකව විස්නු දේවාලය විසින් පවත්වනු ලබන පෙරහැර විෂ්නුගේ උපත හෝ චෝලයන් පරදවා ගජබාහු රජුගේ ජයග්‍රහණය සැමරීම සඳහා සිදු වූවක් බවට විශ්වාස කෙරේ. ඇසළ පෙරහර සමයේ ඉතිරි දේවාලවලට පෙරහර ආරම්භ වීමට පෙර කප්සිටුවිමේ මංගල්‍යයේ සිටුවීමට අවශ්‍ය කප හෝ කණුව සපයා දීමෙන් මෙම දේවාලය වැදගත් කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරයි. පෙරහැර අවසන් වූ විගසම විස්නු දේවාලයේදී වලියකුන් නැටිම නමින් හැඳින්වෙන චාරිත්‍රයක් අඛණ්ඩව දින හතක් පුරාවට පවත්වනු ලබන්නේ සංදර්ශනයේ යම් අතපසුවීම් සඳහා දිව්‍ය සමාව ලබා ගැනීමට සහ දිව්‍ය බලයට බොහෝ පින් අනුමෝදන් කිරීමටය.

වාස්තු විද්‍යාත්මකව, විස්නු දේවාලය දිගු ගොඩනැගිල්ලකින් සමන්විත වන අතර අවසානයේ මහල් දේවාලයක් ඇත. උඩරට දේවාල සාමාන්‍යයෙන් හින්දු කෝවිල් වලට වඩා සරලයි. දෙමහල් ගර්භා හෝ දේවාලය මත වහලය ගෝලාකාර ස්ථානය ගෙන ඇත.

ඉහළ චතුරස්‍රයේ සිහින් ලී කණුවලින් ආධාරක වන කුඩා බැල්කනියක් හෝ වෙරන්ඩාවක් ඇත. දේවාලය ඉදිරිපිට අද බැතිමතුන්ට යාඥා කිරීම සඳහා අදහස් කරන ලද කැණීම් හෝ දිගු ශාලාවක් ඇත, නමුත් පැරණි දිනවල එය නේවාසික දෙවියන්ට ගෞරවයක් වශයෙන් නර්තන ශාලාවක් විය. නටපු නැටුම කිව්වේ digge netuma කියලා. අද මෙම ශාලාවේ පෙරහර සඳහා භාවිතා කරන ලද පැන්සල ද දක්නට ලැබේ.

මෑත වසරවලදී බස්නායක නිලමේවරුන් හෝ භාරකරුවන් විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ රුචිකත්වයට සරිලන පරිදි ගොඩනැගිලිවලට බොහෝ වෙනස් කිරීම් සහ එකතු කිරීම් සිදු කර ඇති අතර එමඟින් සාම්ප්‍රදායික උඩරට ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පයේ...

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During my recent trip, I had the chance to explore the Vishnu Devalaya in Kandy, one of the four Devalayas within the Royal Palace complex. This temple is a unique blend of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, dedicated to God Vishnu. Steeped in history, it's where Kandy's kings were crowned and numerous ceremonies took place.

One of the highlights of my visit was the stunning cloth painting depicting a scene from the Ramayana, the Indian epic. The temple's architecture and ambiance created a peaceful and spiritual atmosphere, making it a serene escape from the bustling world outside. The vibrant reliefs and paintings of Vishnu and his avatars on the walls and doors were truly captivating.

A charming touch was the playful monkeys in the bo tree, occasionally sneaking away with food offerings from the devotees. I recommend this temple to anyone with an interest in exploring the cultural and religious heritage...

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