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Pabalu Vihara

Written by IMAGELANKA Team

Sunday, 28 October 2007 22:46

The Pabalu Vihara is a large dagoba made of bricks, and is said to be the third largest dagoba in Polonnaruwa. It is also known as the Parakramabahu Vihara and has the typical features of a dagoba belonging to the era of King Parakramabahu I.

This dagoba is also believed to have been constructed by the queen of Parakramabahu known as Rupavati.

It is surrounded by image houses ( pilima ge), which was an innovation of the Polonnaruwa era. The flower altars built for devotees to offer flowers still remain, and Buddhists continue to use these when worshipping the sacred images of the Buddha in these image houses. A larges. Number of Buddha images, dating from the late Polonnaruwa era, can be seen around the Pabalu Vihara.