Bahirawakanda
Sign in to saveBahirawakanda () is a village in the centre of the Kandy, Sri Lanka. In Sinhala, Bahirawa Kanda translates to mountain of Bahirawa. According to Sri Lankan myths, Bahirawa is a sanguinary deity associated with earth and territory protection.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Kandy District.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Kandy District
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Bahirawakanda () is a village in the centre of the Kandy, Sri Lanka. In Sinhala, Bahirawa Kanda translates to mountain of Bahirawa. According to Sri Lankan myths, Bahirawa is a sanguinary deity associated with earth and territory protection.
It is known for the Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya, construction of which commenced in 1972, under the direction of Ven. Ampitiye Dammarama Thero. It was opened to the public on 1 January 1993, by President Ranasinghe Premadasa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bahirawakanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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