Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya

Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya

Seenigama Devalaya (Temple) is located by the Colombo – Galle main road, just before the Hikkaduwa Town. This Temple is devoted for Devol Deviyan (God Devol) and around 300 years old. But some believe that, this place is more than 1000 years old, but there is no any proven evidence. Eventhough, many visors Seenigama goes only to the devalaya in the main land the main devalaya is located in a close by island. This one can be reached only by a boat. locals used to stop here while on their way to down south. People coming various parts of island pray for the blessing of the god. Some people come to this place and do various special rituals & offerings and beg the god for punishing their enemies. Specially if some one faced a injustice, if there is no other help, they used to come here and grid chilies. This is to request the god to curse party, who has done injustice to them.

The Seenigama Temple, Halle is a popular name among the Hikkaduwa Tourist Attractions. The Seenigama Temple, Hikkaduwa is known as the Seenigama Devalaya in the colloquial Sinhalese. As is evident, Devalaya is the term for temple. The Seenigama Temple in Hikkaduwa is situated on the coast of the sea, beyond the 96 km post on the Colombo Galle highway. Thought to be over a millennia old, the Hikkaduwa Seenigama Temple is approximately 1300 ears old. However, there is no evidence to provide evidence to this speculation. Whatever historical records have been exhumed, structural evidence states that the Seenigama Temple is above 300 years old.

The Seenigama Temple, Hikkaduwa is a testimony both of the historical as well as cultural facet of Galle in Sri Lanka. If you are keen on exploring the conventions of temple worship and knowing all about the temple traditions of Galle, the Seenigama Temple or Seenigama Devalaya is a must visit. The sanctuary is also known as the Seenigama Devol Temple, owing to its patron deity, Devol. Devol is a god of the Buddhist pantheon. The Devol Deviyo or Devol culture is prevalent among the Sinhalese and continues to be the most accepted of all forms of worship by the fisher folk in the southern and western lowlands. Devol ceremonies are prominent and often practiced along the coastal areas. Some also guarantee the success of fishing.

The Seenigama Temple, Galle is extremely sacred as it is believed that the deity resolves the problems of human beings. The shrine of the god on the shore was recently constructed. The land on which the Seenigama Temple, Galle was originally located is now an island and can be approached only by boat. The island itself is small with a deep freshwater well.

Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya 

Om Galle-distriktet

Galle er en by, der ligger på den sydvestlige spids af Sri Lanka, 119 km fra Colombo. Galle er det bedste eksempel på en befæstet by bygget af europæere i Syd- og Sydøstasien, og viser samspillet mellem europæiske arkitektoniske stilarter og sydasiatiske traditioner. Galle-fortet er et verdensarvssted og den største tilbageværende fæstning i Asien bygget af europæiske besættere.

Galle er en stor by efter srilankanske standarder og har en befolkning på 91.000, hvoraf flertallet er af sinhalese-ethnicitet. Der er også en stor srilankansk moor-minoritet, især i fortområdet, som stammer fra arabiske handelsmænd, der bosatte sig i den gamle havn i Galle.

Om Sydprovinsen

Sydprovinsen på Sri Lanka er et lille geografisk område, der består af distrikterne Galle, Matara og Hambantota. Landbrug og fiskeri er den primære indtægtskilde for størstedelen af befolkningen i denne region.

Vigtige landemærker i Sydprovinsen inkluderer de vilde reservater i Yala og Udawalawe nationalparkerne, den hellige by Kataragama, og de gamle byer Tissamaharama, Kirinda og Galle. (Selvom Galle er en gammel by, overlevede næsten intet fra tiden før den portugisiske invasion.) Under den portugisiske periode var der to berømte singalesiske digtere, Andare, som kom fra Dickwella, og Gajaman Nona, som kom fra Denipitiya i Matara-distriktet, der skrev digte om den almindelige mand.

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