Establishment of the Temple ‘Siriniwasaramaya’

                                                  Duiringnin teen thirty decade few families lived together in asmall villege called ‘Agalekumbura’.
                                   This village is located in Rathnapura Distrik which is closed to Balangoda town

                                         During that period abudhist monkre called ‘Pollamura Siriniwasa Hamuduruwo’
                          reached The village to commonce atemple aland was requlred to build the temple .The land was
                          donatedbya villager with nobal expectotions

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   1.                          A smal cattage wassheltered using falm leaves at that time the village was surrounded by jungle which is enriched wihthThe ‘viharage ‘ was being built this ideal thero lived
       in the temple until 1976 during that perlod a ’seemamalakaya
      for monk’s deciplinory activities pollamura siriniwasa
       chief incambant said farewell to the world ather doing enornorous
      servicesto the villagers togain their splritual life
      is  enriched with flova and fauna
                                                  There was a small  footpath  for devotees toreach the temple .later pollamura chife incambant guided villagers
      to develop the temple and to teach budhism.a temple seltered with traditional root tiles.Ouilt their for villegers to grain the tower from
      tripple jens called Buddha,Dammaand Sanga .Then Imbulamure chief incumbant.Stayed in the temple.’Vihara geya’was started to buildup
      in 1941 with a great effort from the pollamura siriniwasa thero and villegers.The ‘viharage ‘ was being built this ideal thero lived
       in the temple until 1976 during that perlod a ’seemamalakaya
      for monk’s deciplinory activities pollamura siriniwasa
       chief incambant said farewell to the world ather doing enornorous
      servicesto the villagers togain their splritual life
   2.                  After  1994….. The time Durakande sirinanda thero  decided to stay in the temple in view of  teaching  the noble doctrine of the Lord Budha as well as to develop the temple to protect objects it worship for the future genarastion  The honorable thero is able to streg them the mank relationship between the temple as surrounding villegs As a result development the temple is in progress since 1994.                                            The ppres development of the temple is achiered by collecting funding trorry villages any from government are not received to reinstatethe temple. The noble will power of the thero and villeges and the enthusiasm clear  the path to improvestrucures in the temple                             The most villages are tarrmors these poor innerecent villages give their corporation as possible as they can to raise tumds The Durakande sirinanda thereWalked Throrghout surround villages to collect donations from each house A resindome for the monk colled ‘sangawasa’ was built which is valued more than  several lacs by using collected donations
   3.                                   After several years later,Sirinanda thero started to improve  ‘Budugeya’ which comprissis 28 stats to commemorate late card Budhas in lived in the world.The Budugeya was re built as the third stage development.As the nwxt stage a new building is being built to provide the ‘Simamalakaya’and library.The Simamalakaya is to carry out discipilinary activities mentronned in ‘Vinaya pitakaya’.Villegers always opened door for the honanable  thero.Since the ultimate benitits are received by villegers them selevs to develop their spiritual life .All villagers are not relucted to assist religicus  activities in the temple when ever required  The ‘Dagaba’ is one of the main object of worship in a temple . But the Agalekumbura Sirinivasaramaya obesn’t have aDagaba to worship                        At present The Dagaba construction work can not be started due to lack of funds  As a budhist it is qreatful of you can  donate for the sake of constnetion of Dagaba