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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À propos de la Province Centrale

La Province Centrale du Sri Lanka est principalement montagneuse. Elle s'étend sur 5 674 km² et compte 2 421 148 habitants. Parmi ses principales villes figurent Kandy, Gampola (24 730 habitants), Nuwara Eliya et Bandarawela. Sa population est un mélange de Cinghalais, de Tamouls et de Maures.

Kandy, la capitale perchée sur les montagnes, et Nuwara Eliya, ainsi que Sri Pada, sont toutes deux situées dans la Province Centrale. Cette province produit une grande partie du célèbre thé de Ceylan, cultivé par les Britanniques dans les années 1860 après qu'une maladie dévastatrice ait ravagé toutes les plantations de café de la région. La Province Centrale attire de nombreux touristes, notamment grâce à ses stations de montagne comme Kandy, Gampola, Hatton et Nuwara Eliya. Le temple de la Dent (Dalada Maligawa) est le principal lieu sacré de la province.

Le climat y est frais, et les nuits sont souvent fraîches dans les zones situées à environ 1 500 mètres d'altitude. Les versants ouest sont très humides, avec des précipitations annuelles atteignant parfois près de 7 000 mm. Les versants est, quant à eux, font partie de la zone semi-aride, ne recevant que les pluies de la mousson du nord-est. Les températures varient de 24 °C à Kandy à seulement 16 °C à Nuwara Eliya, située à 1 889 m d'altitude. Les plus hauts sommets du Sri Lanka se trouvent dans la province centrale. Le relief y est majoritairement montagneux, traversé de profondes vallées. Les deux principaux massifs montagneux sont le massif central et la chaîne des Knuckles, à l'est de Kandy.

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