Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya

Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya

Seenigama Devalaya (Temple) is located by the Colombo – Galle main road, just before the Hikkaduwa Town. This Temple is devoted for Devol Deviyan (God Devol) and around 300 years old. But some believe that, this place is more than 1000 years old, but there is no any proven evidence. Eventhough, many visors Seenigama goes only to the devalaya in the main land the main devalaya is located in a close by island. This one can be reached only by a boat. locals used to stop here while on their way to down south. People coming various parts of island pray for the blessing of the god. Some people come to this place and do various special rituals & offerings and beg the god for punishing their enemies. Specially if some one faced a injustice, if there is no other help, they used to come here and grid chilies. This is to request the god to curse party, who has done injustice to them.

The Seenigama Temple, Halle is a popular name among the Hikkaduwa Tourist Attractions. The Seenigama Temple, Hikkaduwa is known as the Seenigama Devalaya in the colloquial Sinhalese. As is evident, Devalaya is the term for temple. The Seenigama Temple in Hikkaduwa is situated on the coast of the sea, beyond the 96 km post on the Colombo Galle highway. Thought to be over a millennia old, the Hikkaduwa Seenigama Temple is approximately 1300 ears old. However, there is no evidence to provide evidence to this speculation. Whatever historical records have been exhumed, structural evidence states that the Seenigama Temple is above 300 years old.

The Seenigama Temple, Hikkaduwa is a testimony both of the historical as well as cultural facet of Galle in Sri Lanka. If you are keen on exploring the conventions of temple worship and knowing all about the temple traditions of Galle, the Seenigama Temple or Seenigama Devalaya is a must visit. The sanctuary is also known as the Seenigama Devol Temple, owing to its patron deity, Devol. Devol is a god of the Buddhist pantheon. The Devol Deviyo or Devol culture is prevalent among the Sinhalese and continues to be the most accepted of all forms of worship by the fisher folk in the southern and western lowlands. Devol ceremonies are prominent and often practiced along the coastal areas. Some also guarantee the success of fishing.

The Seenigama Temple, Galle is extremely sacred as it is believed that the deity resolves the problems of human beings. The shrine of the god on the shore was recently constructed. The land on which the Seenigama Temple, Galle was originally located is now an island and can be approached only by boat. The island itself is small with a deep freshwater well.

Seenigama Muhudu Viharaya 

Over het Galle district

Galle is een stad gelegen aan de zuidwestelijke punt van Sri Lanka, 119 km van Colombo. Galle is het beste voorbeeld van een door Europeanen gebouwde vestingstad in Zuid- en Zuidoost-Azië, die de interactie toont tussen Europese architecturale stijlen en Zuid-Aziatische tradities. Het Galle-fort is een werelderfgoedlocatie en het grootste overgebleven fort in Azië, gebouwd door Europese overheersers.

Galle is een grote stad volgens Sri Lankaanse normen, met een bevolking van 91.000, waarvan het merendeel van Singalese afkomst is. Er is ook een grote Sri Lankaanse Moors minderheid, vooral in het fortgebied, die afstamt van Arabische handelaren die zich vestigden in de oude haven van Galle.

Over de Zuidelijke Provincie

De Zuidelijke Provincie van Sri Lanka is een klein geografisch gebied dat bestaat uit de districten Galle, Matara en Hambantota. Landbouw en visserij zijn de belangrijkste inkomstenbronnen voor de meerderheid van de mensen in deze regio.

Belangrijke bezienswaardigheden van de Zuidelijke Provincie zijn onder andere de natuurreservaten van de Yala- en Udawalawe National Parks, de heilige stad Kataragama en de oude steden Tissamaharama, Kirinda en Galle. (Hoewel Galle een oude stad is, is er bijna niets bewaard gebleven van vóór de Portugese invasie). Tijdens de Portugese periode waren er twee beroemde Singalese dichters, Andare uit Dickwella en Gajaman Nona uit Denipitiya in het district Matara, die gedichten schreven over het gewone volk.

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