Yudaganawa
town is in the Buttala Divisional Secretariat Division of the
Moneragala District. The Dagoba could be reached by traversing 1½ km
along the left turnoff at the Yudaganawa Junction 16km from Wellawaya
on the Wellawaya - Moneragala road.
Yudaganawa derived its name fron the two words Yuda meaning war and Anganaya meaning arena being the place where the armies of prince Dutugemunu and prince Saddhatissa fought each other in 2nd c B.C. Another school of thought has it to be the spot where Prarakramabhahu the Great built a dagoba enshrining the ashes of his mother, Queen Ratnavali.
Yudaganawa derived its name fron the two words Yuda meaning war and Anganaya meaning arena being the place where the armies of prince Dutugemunu and prince Saddhatissa fought each other in 2nd c B.C. Another school of thought has it to be the spot where Prarakramabhahu the Great built a dagoba enshrining the ashes of his mother, Queen Ratnavali.
This Dagoba is by far the biggest ancient monument found in the Uva
Province. Although the period to which the architecture of the Dagoba
belonged is not clearly disernible, an image house of the Kandyan era
is found near the Dagoba. However the Sutighara Dagoba of Dedigama,
Demalamahaseya of Polonnaruwa and the Yudaganawa Dagoba had been built
in the same design of Kotavehera type. As all these dagobas had been
built up to half their height in brick it could be surmised that all
three dagobas belong to the same era.http://www.archaeology.gov.lk/web/index.php…
I took a picture of a Buddha statue in the 'image house' mentioned above.
The youngster showing us the image said that the features of Lord Buddha in the image house shows a lack of serenity found in other images of Lord Buddha in the Island.
I took a picture of a Buddha statue in the 'image house' mentioned above.
The youngster showing us the image said that the features of Lord Buddha in the image house shows a lack of serenity found in other images of Lord Buddha in the Island.
