🙏KADADORA VIHARAYA🙏

             

🙏KADADORA VIHARAYA🙏

                       


               Kadadora Viharaya is a temple that was submerged during the construction of the Kotmale Reservoir.  When the reservoir dries up, you can see the Buddha statue, the flower seat, several deities and the ruins of the Dragon Pantheon at the entrance to the temple.

         It is said that the Kadmala and the surrounding area were flooded in the past due to the overflowing of the Kotmala Oya during the rainy season.  The need to build a dam in the area had been identified since 1950 as a precautionary measure against the floods, and work began on the Kotmale Reservoir in the area in 1979 and opened in 1985 as part of the accelerated Mahaweli development program that began on February 28, 1970.   Fifty-seven villages and 54 temples at the foot of Kadadora Kanda and Thispane Kanda were reportedly submerged during the construction of the Kotmale Reservoir.

                Apart from the Kadadora Temple, other temples such as the Othalawa Temple and the Thispane Chaitya (Meddegama Temple) are also submerged in the Kotmale Reservoir. 

                     Gamini Dissanayake commenced the construction of the Mahaweli Stupa on March 20, 1983 to commemorate the places of worship that were submerged due to the Kotmale Reservoir. 



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