Aluvihara Rock Cave Temple

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THhe birth of the Tripitakaya

Aluviharaya cave temple in Sri Lanka (birth place of the tripitaka) is a rock-cave temple close to Matale where Buddhist monks wrote the Tripitakas during King Walagamba’s rule. These Tripitakas originally had come down by mere word of mouth by being committed to memory by Buddhist monks of the time. Such Tripitakas are classified into three divisions. They are:

(1) Vinaya Pitakaya (Basket of Discipline)
(2) Sutta Pitakaya (Basket of Discourse)
(3) Abidharma Pitakaya (Basket of Metaphysics)


The Structure

At the entrance of the Aluviharaya cave temple in Sri Lanka is a solid Pandal with an arch constructed out of concrete it leads to a steep climb of stone steps leading to the Meda-midula — the frontage terrace. Then from there, rise stone steps making way to the drip ledge rock caves.

The Aluviharaya cave temple in Sri Lanka has a library containing a gallery of antiques ranging from Buddhist statues made out of clay, brass, marble, while some of them have been gold plated. There are also very valuable Buddha statues gifted by Siam, Cambodia, China, Japan, and Myanmar, together with other archaeological artifacts. The first cave is about 25 feet long and 10 feet high and it was one of the venues where some of these old Thripitaka were written on Ola leaves in Pali by Buddhist monks. On its apex is written in bold Sinhala letters that the Thripitaka were written during the rule of king Walagamba.

It’s a rock cave shelter that harbors an Image House decorated with the typical Makara Thorana. There are also seated, standing, and recumbent Buddha statues of terra-cotta, while the murals are adorned with paintings of Jathaka stories. Kandyan period paintings are covering the cave ceilings. A spiral stone staircase ends on its summit where the Sacred Bo Tree stands serenely cloistering an image house in this rock cave. The third cave is met amidst a conclave of rock boulders where is sheltered another rock cave where the Thripitaka were written on Ola leaves by the ancient Buddhist monks and a commodious residence for the present-day Bhikkhus arriving from all four quarters.


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Acerca de la Provincia Central

La Provincia Central de Sri Lanka se compone principalmente de terreno montañoso. Tiene una superficie de 5674 km² y una población de 2 421 148 habitantes. Algunas de sus principales ciudades son Kandy, Gampola (24 730 habitantes), Nuwara Eliya y Bandarawela. La población es una mezcla de cingaleses, tamiles y moros.

Tanto Kandy, la capital de la región montañosa, como Nuwara Eliya y Sri Pada se encuentran dentro de la Provincia Central. Esta provincia produce gran parte del famoso té de Ceilán, plantado por los británicos en la década de 1860 tras una devastadora enfermedad que acabó con todas las plantaciones de café. La Provincia Central atrae a numerosos turistas, con ciudades de montaña como Kandy, Gampola, Hatton y Nuwara Eliya. El Templo del Diente o Dalada Maligawa es el principal lugar sagrado de la provincia.

El clima es fresco, y en muchas zonas por encima de los 1500 metros de altitud suelen registrarse noches frías. Las laderas occidentales son muy húmedas, con algunas zonas que registran casi 7000 mm de lluvia al año. Las laderas orientales forman parte de la zona semiárida, ya que solo reciben lluvia del monzón del noreste. Las temperaturas oscilan entre los 24 °C en Kandy y los 16 °C en Nuwara Eliya, situada a 1889 m sobre el nivel del mar. Las montañas más altas de Sri Lanka se encuentran en la Provincia Central. El terreno es mayoritariamente montañoso, con profundos valles que lo atraviesan. Las dos principales regiones montañosas son el macizo central y la cordillera de Knuckles, al este de Kandy.

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