A DAY WITH UNIVERSITY FRIENDS AT ALUVIHARAYA TEMPLE.....
Aluviharaya Temple Aluviharaya Temple is a very important historical place that located in Matale District. Aluviharaya Temple is a great place of worship. The main significance of this is the glorification of the Tripitaka. The Aluviharaya Temple become world famous after the 5th Buddhist Council and the glorification of the Tripitaka for the first time in the world. The Aluviharaya is a hill behind the temple. That hill called "Serugala". There is a golden Buddha statue on the top of the hill. So some of my university friends called to go to Aluviharaya Temple. About 12 of us participated in this trip. So we went to the temple and started the journey. We worshiped the Buddha at the temple and started climbing the mountain. It took us about one hour to reach the top of hill. On the way up we saw a beautiful environment. The road up is a bit difficult. But I did not feel that difficulty because of the shade of the surrounding trees. ...