Nagadeepa Purana Vihara

  • Nagadeepa Purana Vihara 

  Nagadeepa Purana Vihara is an ancient Buddhist temple situated in Jaffna district of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is among the Country`s sixteen hiliest Buddhist shrines According to contemporary history, the  Gautama Buddha visited the site after five years of attaining Enlightebment to settle the dispute between two warring Nga kings, Chulodara and Mahofara.

  Ancient history according to the Mahavamsa chronicles and the Tamil Buddhist epic Manimekalai mentions a gem-studded throne and a stone with the Buddha`s footprint at the island Nainativu, which pilgrims fromIndia visited.



A deity namsd Samiddhi Sumana, who had made the banyan tree his abode, accompanied him to Thathagatha while in Jetavanarama, holding the uprooted tree as an umbrella to him.The Naga King Manikkitha, ruler of Kelaniya, moved by the compassion of the Buddha, thanked him profusely for setting the a dispute.He further pleaded for a souvenir to worship and consequently the Buddha offered him the Rajayathana tree and the throne.


    The Nagadeepa Vihara has been reconstructed, and developed in the time of king Devanampiya Tissa and Dutugemunu and to convert it into a sacred place.

Danaji Panawala 🌷

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