Golden History of Alawathugoda Temple : -

Rev. Dhammananda thero 

Old Photo of Temple with Rev. Kinigama Dhammananda thero.

 

           There was a monk called Rev. Kokunnawe Sanghakeerthi Thero in Bibila Kokunnawa Temple. Rev. Bandigedara Nigroda thero was student of Saghakeerthi thero. Rev. Warakadande thero and Rev. Raththane Sonuththara Thero was the studens of Nigrodha thero. Nigrodha thero, Warakadande thero and Sonuththara Thero had come to Uwa Kalabululanda and made Kalabululanda Temple and reside there. In those period there were monks reside in the place called Ulugala Gedara.

      The list of chief combent monks from Kalabululanda  Temple

            Rev. Warakadande thero, Rev. Raththane Sonuththara thero, Rev. Dikkapitiye thero, Rev. Gedarawela Sumangala thero, Rev. Ambewela Dewarakkhitha thero, Rev. Uwe Gnanarathana thero, Rev. Uwe Pangnananda thero, Rev. Ambewela Sarananda thero, Rev. Uwe Silarathana thero.

    The students of these monks made various temples near Kalabululanda temple.

     One of temples is Sri Wijayawardanaramaya Alawathugoda

 

History of Temple

      Alawathugoda village is sub village of Kalabululanda village. Before 1930 the people of Alawathugoda couldn't travel to Kalabululanda temple because those period no vehicles and long distance. Because of this fact 1934 Asala (July) Poya day Rev. Uwe Pangnananda thero came to Alawathugoda and Start Alawathugoda Wijayawardanaramaya generation. In those period he had worked as a teacher in Parama dhamma niwasa Piriwena of Boralasgamuwa.

     After 1934 one by one Temple become develop. Rev. Uwe Pngnananda thero died  in 13th of Nov,1935 and after Uwe Silarathane thero came to Alawathugoda temple in 1936 as a chief incombent. Rev. Silarathana thero start and made Dehiwala Shasthananda piriwena in 1948 and he went to Dehiwala and Rev. Kinigama Dhammananda thero came to Alawathugoda in 1949. After long time he Developed the temple and in 2002 Dhammananda thero dead and Rev. Udoowara Dhamma Visudhdhi thero become the cheif incombent of Alawathugoda temple.

 

Times of Develop the temple of Alawathugoda

  • Old chamber building -1934

  • Old Dharma hall -1935

  • Cemetery of Rev. Pangnananda thero -1938

  • Grow the Bo-tree -1940

  • Wall of Bo-tree -1948

  • New Dharma hall (preaching hall)  -1952

  • Vihara and two Devala -1965

  • New chamber building -1967

  • Sima Building -1968

  • Dhathu building -1970

  • Got the electricity -1978

  • Steps wall -1973

  • New chamber building- 1992

 

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