🪔MAHA SEYA.🪔
🪔🙏 RUWANVALI MAHA SE RAGANAN WAHANSE 🙏 🪔 The Ruwanweli Maha Seya , also known as the Mahathupa (the Great Thupa) is a stupa (a hemispherical structure containing relics) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Two quarts or one Dona of the Buddha's relics are enshrined in the stupa, making it the largest collection of his relics anywhere. It was built by Sinhalese King Dutugemunu in C 140 B.C., who became king of Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King Elara (Ellalan) was defeated. It is also known as Swarnamali Seya , Svaṇṇamāli Mahaceti (in Pali ) and Rathnamali Seya . This is one of the "Solosmasthana" (the 16 places of veneration) and the "Atamasthana"(the 8 places of veneration). The stupa is one of the world's tallest ancient monuments, standing at 103 m (338 ft) and with a circumference of 290 m (95...