Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya

Commercialization and Misrepresentation Buddhism

I recently visited this temple with a group of French students, and the experience left a sour taste. As we approached, a very young monk approached us, asking for Rs.500 from each to enter the temple...

Interesting visit

I visited this temple as I am interested in history. This temple is dating from the time when Buddhism was first introduced to Sri Lanka in 250 BC during the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa.. the Bodh...

Very peaceful

Just a very short tuk tuk ride from Galle, Yatagala is well worth a visit. Beautiful temple, plus a number of rock shrines. Great views and a very peaceful pool out front, full of fish and wildlife. S...

The temple is a place of cleansing the soul.

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The Buddhist temple of Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya. It is a sacred place, a place to find inner peace and comfort. The value of world pleasures (flavorous food, alcohol, ...) is lost.

Small nice temple

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The place is beautiful and interesting, at the entrance of the park with a pond. The staircase leads to the temple, it is not big and not complex (read the reviews here, as if high, we didn't notice it, passed easily), in the middle of the staircase ...