Ruwanweliseya
Ruwanweliseya Stupa (Ruwanveli Seya Stupa), il più importante tra i magnifici antichi monumenti viventi del patrimonio singalese buddista nella città di Anuradhapura (un sito patrimonio mondiale dell’UNESCO – Cultura), fu costruito dal re Dutugamunu (161–137 a.C.), l’eroe della nazione, originario di Ruhuna, una regione che ha dato i natali alla maggior parte degli illustri eroi dell’isola dall’antichità fino ai giorni nostri. La Ruwanweliseya Stupa (Ruwanveli Seya Stupa), conosciuta anche come Maha Stupa (in singalese: la grande dagoba), Ratnapali Stupa o Swarnamali Stupa, è la più venerata e rispettata tra le grandi antiche dagoba dello Sri Lanka. Anuradhapura è ricca di antichi monumenti culturali situati tra il fiume Malwatu Oya e due grandi e antichi bacini di irrigazione artificiali chiamati Tissa Wewa e Abhaya Wewa (Basawakkulama Wewa). Questi due bacini, insieme all’antico bacino Nuwara Wewa sulla sponda orientale del fiume Malwatu Oya, costituiscono la linfa vitale dell’agricoltura del distretto di Anuradhapura.
Le tre principali antiche stupa situate a sud del muro meridionale in rovina di Anuradhapura — la Ruwanweliseya Stupa, la Mirisavatiya Dagoba e la Jetavanaramaya Stupa — si allineano perfettamente con la disposizione celeste delle stelle Rigel, Mintaka e Bellatrix, tre delle sette stelle della costellazione di Orione, che gli antichi Egizi (3150 a.C. – cronologia egizia tradizionale) associavano a Osiride, il dio del sole, della rinascita e dell’aldilà.
E Anuradhapura, nello Sri Lanka (anomalìa gravitazionale bassa: –104 m geoidale), pur trovandosi molto a sud di Bodh Gaya, nell’India settentrionale, è situata solo tre gradi e mezzo a ovest di essa. Bodh Gaya, luogo in cui Gautama Buddha raggiunse l’illuminazione suprema, è considerata Patavi Nahbi (sanscrito: ombelico della Terra) secondo la cosmologia buddista. Il punto antipodale di Bodh Gaya — situato dall’altra parte del mondo e collegato da un asse che attraversa il centro della Terra — è il Tempio del Sole (considerato l’ombelico dell’universo) della civiltà Maya (3114 a.C. – calendario del Lungo Computo), situato in un sito patrimonio mondiale dell’UNESCO a Cuzco (quechua: ombelico dell’universo), vicino a Machu Picchu, la città perduta dei Maya.
Ai misteri cosmologici e geografici inspiegabili associati alla Ruwanweliseya Stupa (Ruwanveli Seya Stupa) si aggiunge il fatto che i luoghi scelti per la costruzione della Ruwanweliseya e della Mirisavatiya furono determinati da circostanze straordinarie. E ci sono ancora dettagli ancor più sorprendenti
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Sri Maha BodhiyaJaya Sri Maha Bodhi is a sacred bo tree in the Mahamewna Gardens, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is the southern branch from the historical Sri Maha Bodhi at Buddha Gaya in India under which Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was planted in 288 BC, and is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date.
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RuwanweliseyaThe Ruwanweli Maha Seya, also known as the Mahathupa (the Great Thupa) is a stupa (a hemispherical structure containing relics) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Two quarts or one Dona of the Buddha's relics are enshrined in the stupa, making it the largest collection of his relics anywhere. It was built by Sinhalese King Dutugemunu in c. 140 B.C., who became king of Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King Elāra (Ellalan) was defeated.
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ThuparamayaThuparamaya is the first Buddhist temple that was constructed, after the arrival of mahinda thero(mahindagamanaya) in Sri Lanka. Located in the sacred area of Mahamewna park, the Thuparamaya Stupa is the earliest Dagoba to be constructed in the island, dating back to the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (247-207 BC). The temple has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological site in Sri Lanka.
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LovamahapayaLovamahapaya is a building situated between Ruwanweliseya and Sri Mahabodiya in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is also known as the Brazen Palace or Lohaprasadaya because the roof was covered with bronze tiles. In ancient times, the building included the refectory and the uposathagara (Uposatha house).
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Abhayagiri StupaAbhayagiri Vihāra was a major monastery site of Mahayana, Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhism that was situated in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is one of the most extensive ruins in the world and one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage cities in the nation.
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JetavanaramayaThe Jetavanarama stupa or Jetavanaramaya is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the UNESCO world heritage city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. At 122 metres (400 ft), it was the world's tallest stupa, and the third tallest structure in the world when it was built by King Mahasena of Anuradhapura (273–301).
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Mirisawetiya StupaThe Mirisaweti Stupa is a memorial building, a stupa, situated in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. King Dutugamunu (161 BC to 137 BC) built the Mirisaveti Stupa after defeating King Elara. After placing the Buddha relics in the sceptre, he had gone to Tissa Wewa for a bath leaving the sceptre.
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LankaramaLankarama is a stupa built by King Valagamba, in an ancient place at Galhebakada in the ancient kingdom of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Nothing is known about the ancient form of the stupa, and later this was renovated. The ruins show that there are rows of stone pillars and it is no doubt that there has been a house built encircling the stupa (vatadage) to cover it.
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IsurumuniyaIsurumuniya is a Buddhist temple situated near to the Tissa Wewa (Tisa tank) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. There are four carvings of special interest in this Vihara. They are the Isurumuniya Lovers, Elephant Pond and The Royal Family. The ancient Meghagiri Vihara or Meygiri Vihara is presently identified as the Isurumuni Vihara.
