Mirisawetiya Vihara

Mirisawetiya Stupa
Mirisawetiya Stupa at night
The Mirisavetiya Dāgäba at Anurādhapura during reconstruction works in May 1985. The third attempt at renovation was under the supervision of Roland Silva (1933–2020), Archaeological Commissioner. (Photo: Cyril Basnayake).
The third attempt of renovation of the Mirisavetiya Dāgäba at Anurādhapura in early June 1987. (Photo: Cyril Basnayake).
Demolishing of the Mirisavetiya Dāgäba at Anurādhapura in 1990, three years after the ill-fated third attempt of restoration. Only the weak inner core of the original Stūpa would eventually survive. (Photo: Cyril Basnayake).
The second attempt by the Archaeological Department to restore the Mirisavetiya Dāgäba in January 1992. Layers of cement were added to prevent another collapse. (Photo: Ulrich von Schroeder, 1992).
The present monument completed by the Archaeological Department in the 1993 that encloses the remnants of the original dāgäba has lost all ancient characteristics of the original edifice. (Photo: Ulrich von Schroeder, 1993).

The Mirisaweti Stupa (Sinhala: මිරිසවැටිය, Mirisavæṭiya) is a memorial building, a stupa, situated in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.[1] King Dutugamunu (161 BC to 137 BC) built the Mirisaveti Stupa after defeating King Elara. After placing the Buddha's relics in the sceptre, he had gone to Tissa Wewa for a bath leaving the sceptre. After the bath, he returned to the place where the sceptre was placed, and it is said that it could not be moved. The stupa was built in the place where the sceptre stood. It is also said that he remembered that he partook in a chilly curry without offering it to the Sangha. In order to punish himself he built the Mirisavetiya Dagaba. The extent of this land is about 50 acres (20 ha). Although the king Kasyapa I and Kasyapa V renovated this, from time to time it was dilapidated.

  1. ^ "The Official Website of Mirisawetiya Maha Dagaba - Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.