The temple is a religious centre of the Buddhists. It is situated in a beautiful and serene environment. Buddhist monks with shaven heads and wearing saffron robes live in it.

In addition to the temple buildings in which the monks live, there are also a dagaba, a shrine-room and a Bo-tree in the temple premises. The temple compound sprinkled with yellow sea-sand and well swept, looks clean and neat.

The Bo-tree stands erect grandly as a guardian-god. It’s huge foliage offers a welcome shade to a major part of the temple compound. It’s young leaves of pale golden colour emit a rustling sound swaying in the breeze.
The pinnacle on the top of the dagaba glitters amidst the rays of the sun.


The image of the Lord Buddha housed in the shrine-room, seems to extend a boundless compassion to all living beings. There are numerous murals painted on the walls of the shrine-room. They depict different episodes in the life of the Lord Buddha.

Flowers of different colours are beautifully laid on altars. Though they being still alive, emanate a pleasant smell, also give a profound feeling of impermanence of life.

Devotees dressed in white, and with flowers in their hands, stroll around the dagaba. In the mean time, they keep on murmuring stanzas. They do so as a mark of veneration for the sacred relics of the Lord Buddha.
“Sadu!, Sadu!” A sonorous sound of a blend of cries of the devotees participating in a “gilanpasa poojava” is heard over every now and then. The flickering flames of the clay lamps look as if golden stars have scattered here and there on the holy grounds.

The preaching hall is filled to its capacity with the devotees assembled to listen to a sermon. The solemn and soft voice of the preacher monk penetrates the hushed silence and lively reverberates through the hall.
The serene atmosphere of the temple premises drives away the evil and sinful thoughts from the minds of those who step on the holy grounds.