The Ruwanweliseya Dagoba is created by The great King Dutugamunu in 161-137 BC. Located in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
The Ruwanweliseya Dagoba is also known as the Maha Thupa or Great Stupa. At 300 feet, the Ruwanweliseya Dagoba is the third biggest stupa in Anuradhapura, after the Jetavana Dagoba and the Abhayarigi Dagoba. Furthermore, the Ruwanweliseya Dagoba is the biggest dagoba that is fully restored and in regular use.
The Ruwanweliseya Dagoba is surrounded by a wall embellished with full-size sculpted elephants (almost all of these are replacements as the original has been damaged long ago). The elephant walls are symbolic of the Buddhist mythology that they hold up the earth. Four gatehouses punctuated the elephant wall at the four cardinal points.
Buddhist symbolism is carried to the Ruwanweliseya Dagoba, where the massive white dome represents heaven. The conical spire of the Ruwanweliseya Dagoba represents the parasols of kingship, or the protuberance on Buddha’s head, to signify super enlightenment. Sacred relics of the Buddha are housed within the dome of the Ruwanweliseya Dagoba.
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