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Isurumuniya is most famous for the rock carving of a couple of lovers which are housed in a separate building and the impressive rock cliff with its majestic views of the ancient Anuradhapura kingdom overlooking the lake and lower down on both sides of a rocky cleft, in a rock that appears to rise out of a pool, have been carved the figures of elephants and the figure of a horse.
[/st_title_line][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The temple was built by King Devanampiyathissa who ruled in the ancient Sri Lankan capital of Anuradhapura. After 500 children of high-caste were ordained, Isurumuniya was built for them to reside. King Kasyapa I (473-491 AD) renovated this viharaya and named it as “Boupulvan, Kasubgiri Radmaha Vehera”. This name is derived from names of his 2 daughters and his name. There is a viharaya connected to a cave and above is a cliff. A small stupa is built on it. It can be seen that the constructional work of this stupa belong to the present period.
Lower down on both sides of a cleft, in a rock that appears to rise out of a pool, have been carved the figures of elephants. On the rock is carved the figure of a horse. The carving of Isurumuniya lovers on the slab has been brought from another place and placed it there. A few yards away from this vihara is the Ranmasu Uyana.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”10333″ img_size=”full”][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”10334″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Back to Anuradhapura” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftouringsrilanka.com%2Fst_location%2Fanuradhapura%2F|title:Anuradhapura”][vc_separator][vc_column_text]
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