page_title: Sunandarama Vihara
section_title: Frescoes (Murals)
hierarchical_section_title: Sunandarama Vihara / Frescoes (Murals)
caption_attribution_description: English: Frescoes at "Sunandarama Vihara"
context_page_description: Sunandarama Maha Vihara, also known as Maha pansala is located in Southern part of, Sri Lanka. It's situated 65 kilometers north of Colombo, 36 kilometers south of Galle and 200 meters East from Ambalangoda railway station. This sacred place holds a land of nearly 5 acres.
  Traditionally this "Vihara" belongs to "Vilegoda","Nambimulla","Maha Ambalangoda" and "Paniyanduwa" which are known as "Sathara peruwa".Since early days these states have been provided the support to maintanin the Vihara.
  Early before this place became a vicar, it's known that "Ganninanselaya" stayed here.
  Sunandarama Vihara has been interred in two stories which are known as "Maluwa". The sermon hall, monastery, saīmaāgaeya and alms hall are situated in the lower tier while the "Vihara","Sacred Bodhi" and "Statue house" are located on the upper. The Sacred Bodhi is a shrine in this Vihara.
context_section_description: The artistic murals in the Sunandharama Vihara are notable examples of ancient Sri Lankan art and crafts. These frescoes are similar to the frescoes at "Thotagamu Vihara", which were sketched by an artist from "Sathara Koralaya" (an area consisted of four states of the up country side of Sri Lanka) around 1805.
  These frescoes portray sundry "Jathaka Stories" (the stories which portray previous birth stories of Lord Buddha) like "Vessanthara","Sachchankira" and "Mandhathu" "jathaka stories", including the  "Vessanthara Jathaka Story". Even though hill country tradition is local to the hill country temples’ art work the frescoes here belong to the hill country tradition. Red, brown, black and blue are the main colours used in these murals.
caption: Frescoes at "Sunandarama Vihara"
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