#Medirigiriya #watadage
Watadage gena nodanuwath dewal
Polonnaruwa Watadageya [Sinhala]
Exploring the Watadageya (Circular Relic House) in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka
Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka.
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Introduction.
Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka is a monastery located in the kingdom of Polonaruwa, dating back to over two millennium. The centerpiece or point of interest of the whole monastery is the Medirigiriya Vatadage. It was an architectural masterpiece of those early eras which housed the Stupa completely within it. Only 7 such stupa houses remain today in Sri Lanka.The earliest references to this monastery were recorded in the 2nd century AD, though many clues point towards an even longer history.
Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka: The History.
Records during the time of King Kanitta Tissa (AD 192 – 194) of Anuradhapura show that this Vatadage was much worshipped and respected at that time. However the ancient brahmi characters engraved in the bricks and the stone carvings, which pre date carvings found in the other Vatadages, point towards a long history dating from the pre-Christian Era. The monastery was supported by, and was donated to by many kings throughout Sri Lanka’s history. In particular, the stupa which forms the centerpiece of the Vatadage appears to have been built in the time of Aggabodhi I (564 – 598 AD).
The Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka was a building supported by three concentric rings of pillars, and housed the stupa completely. The pillars and ruins still stand today.
Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka: The Structure.
The Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka was built on a rocky outcrop. It had a single entrance facing north. The doorway was a huge carved stone frame built at the bottom of a staircase. The frame measured 9.75 feet in height and 4.75 feet in breadth. The doorway was followed by a climb of 27 stone steps to a large resting area. Four steps lead from the resting area to the actual Stupa house. The Stupa House had a low stone wall, about a meter tall, which ran around it. Seated against the wall facing the four cardinal directions were four exquisite stone Buddha statues. There was a huge 33 feet-long sleeping Buddha in the Stupa House. The Stupa reigned in the center.
The stupa was surrounded by stone pillars in three concentric rings. The outer ring had 32 pillars standing at nine feet, the middle ring 20 pillars standing at 16 feet, and finally, the inner ring had 16 pillars standing at 17 feet. Some archaeologists argue that there never was a roof, while other’s say that the remaining pillars in the ruins still standing prove that they supported a roof. The heights of the rings of pillars point toward a roof that would have been very tall in the center to accommodate the spire of the Stupa, while sloping downward in a dome-like fashion to a comparatively lower point at the outer edges.The ruined but still elegant Medirigiriya Vatadage is a prime example of the advanced stone crafting practiced by the craftsmen of Ceylon throughout the ages.
Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka: Other Features.
The other features that the Monastery of Medirigiriya once had were the two bathing ponds, a cave with signs of use by the ancient monks, a toilet, a hospital that was quite advanced for its time and a medicine boat made of hard rock shaped to fit any type of body structure. There are also three stone inscriptions still to be seen. Two of them are about the management of the hospital and the provision of food. The third is inscribed in ancient Tamil lettering.
The Medirigiriya Vatadage was rediscovered in the late 1800s.
Medirigiriya Watadageya in Sri Lanka: Abandonment and Present State.
Medirigiriya was abandoned after the invasion of Kalinga Magha. Over half a millennium later in 1897, Mr H.C.P Bell rediscovered it during a trek in the jungle and immediately realised its importance. He called it an architectural jewel and had restoration work done on it. The restoration was completed in 1945 and declared open to the public.
Polonnaruwa to Medirigiriya - Sri Lanka
Hello there ,
We were on our way to Medirigiriya Watadage (see our previous video) from Polonnaruwa.
Takes 1 hour (35km) from Polonnaruwa - but its always worth the trip. ❤
Medirigiriya Watadageya | මැදිරිගිය වටදාගෙය
Medirigiriya Vatadage is situated in a beautiful surrounding has a history going in to the pre-Christian times. The brami characters found on the bricks and the some of the stone carvings is an indication of the long history of this site. The first reference to this site in the chronicles is during the king Kanittha Tissa (192-194) of the Anuradhapura Era. Later many kings have contributed to this complex and finally after the invasion of Maga this site too was abandoned when the Sinhalese migrated to the southern parts unable to withstand the torture.
In 1937, 600 acres were reserved for this archaeological site due to the large number of ruins found in this area. But when this area started to populate with people migrating from various parts of the country, they gradually started destroying and removing these invaluable ruins for sale and as well as to remove any signs of ruins and capture the land. Today only 250 acres remains of the original 600 acres and none of the ruins which filled the landscape around the Vatadage.
ලාංකේය භූමියේ ඇති දැනට මනාව තහවුරු කර ඇති ප්රධානම වටදා ගේ ත්රිත්වය පොළොන්නරුව, මැදිරිගිරිය, සහ තිරියාය ලෙස හඳුනාගත හැකි ය.
අද අප කතා කරන පොළොන්නරුව වටදාගේ ලංකාවේ වඩාත් ප්රකට වටදාගෙය වෙයි. එසේම නිර්මාණාත්මක අතින් මෙය මැදිරිගිරිය වටදාගෙය ද අභිබවන සුළු මැදිරිගිරිය වටදාගේ සේම විශිෂ්ට නිර්මාණයකි. මෙම දෙකෙහිම ආකෘතිය එක හා සමාන බව මහාචාර්ය පරණවිතාන පවසයි. වටදාගේ සහිත ආකෘතිය ලාංකේය විහාර නිර්මාණ ශිල්පින්ගේම ස්වතන්ත්ර නිර්මාණයක් ලෙස හඳුන්වනු ලබයි.
වෙනත් බොහෝ නිර්මාණයන්ට ඉන්දියානු ආභාෂය ලැබුණ ද මෙම වටදාගේ සංකල්පය ලංකාවට ආවේණික වූවක් ලෙස හඳුන්වති. මෙයට ඉන්දියාවේ ඇති එකම නිදර්ශනය 'ගන්තු පල්ලි' නම් ස්ථානය බවත් එය ලාංකීය ශිල්පීන්ගේ කෘතියක් විය හැකි බවත් මත ඵලවන්නේ ඒ නිසා වන්නට පුළුවන.
මැදිරිගිරිය වටදා ගෙයට වඩා පොළොන්නරුවේ ඇති වටදාගෙය කැටයම් කලාවෙන් වඩාත් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටින බවත් කියැවෙයි. එය විවිධ ආකාරයෙන් ආකර්ශනීය කැටයමින් අලංකාරවත් වී තිබේ.
පොළොන්නරුව වටදාගේ ශෛලමය ආවරණ වැට, පෙති හතරේ මල් රටාවකින් ආවරණය කර ඇත. මෙය ඉතා අලංකාර වට පවුරකි. සතර දිසාවෙන් ඇතුල් විය හැකි පියගැට පෙළ සහිත පිවිසුම් 4 කි. එමගින් මැද මාලයට පිවිසිය හැක. එතැනින් පිවිසෙන මුදුන් මළුවේ සතර දිසාවට මුහුණ ලා ගලින් නෙලා ඇති සමාධි ප්රතිමා වහන්සේ ලාංකේය කලා ශිල්පියාගේ මහා ප්රතිභා ශක්තිය, කලා කෞෂල්ය ප්රදර්ශනය කරනා තවත් පැරැණි සුවිශේෂි අංගයකි.
නැගෙනහිර පිවිසුමේ ඇති දොරටුපාල රූපය ඉතා විශිෂ්ට නිර්මාණයක් ලෙස ප්රකට ය. ඒවායින් අනුරාධපුර යුගයේ අවසාන භාගයේ නිර්මාණ ලක්ෂණයන් විදහා දක්වන බව ක්ෂේත්රයේ වියතුන්ගේ අදහස ය.
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