Bahirawakanda temple
Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha StatueBahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue The Bahirawakanda Buddha statue is housed at the Sri Maha Bodhi Temple, which is located on top of Bahirawakanda Mountain. This exquisitely carved white statue, which depicts the Supreme Buddha seated in Nirvana, may be found all around Kandy before it. With a height of 88 feet, it is Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha states. Kandy can be described as a city that has won the respect of local and foreign tourists as well as Buddhists from all over the world. Most visitors to Kandy only visit the Temple of the Tooth, the Kandy Lake Circle, and the Peradeniya Botanic Gardens, but miss other tourist attractions in Kandy. One of the areas they lack is the Bahirawa Kanda Viharaya. The Buddha statue can be seen by any visitor visiting Kandy at the Bahirawa Kanda Temple, which is situated above the capital. Ven. Ampitiye Dharmarama Thero began work on the temple and the massive Buddha statue in 1973, and it was finished a...