පොසොන් පොය නිමිති කර ගෙන් විහාරස්ථානයේ ධර්මදේශනාමය වැඩසටහන තපොවනය නම් ස්ථානයේදි පවත්වන ලදි.
මිට අමතරව තන්තිරිමලය ශ්රි විමලඤාන මහා විද්යාලයේ සිසුන් ඔසු පැන් දන්සලක්ද, උඩුගම්පලගෙදර විහාරස්ථානය හා එම දායක සභාව විසින් සංවිදානය කර දෙනු ලබන බත් දන්සලක්ද විලච්චිය ප්රදේශයේ තරණ පිරිස විසින් දෙනු ලබන් බත් දන්සලක් හා තන්තිරිමලය තරැණ පිරිස විසින් සංවිදානය කර දෙනු ලබන බත් දන්සලක්ද දැනටමත් ක්රියාත්මක වෙමින් පවති.
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තන්තිරිමලේ විහාරස්ථානයේ වාර්ෂිකව පවත්වා ගෙන යනු ලබන පොසොන් පෝය වැඩ සටහනේ පළමු අංගය වශයෙන් අෂ්ඨාංගසිලයේ සමාදානය හා බුද්ධ පුජාව තන්තිරිමලේ විහාරාධිපති පුජ්ය ටි. චන්දරතන හිමිගේ ප්රධානත්වයේන් අෂ්ඨපල බොධින් වහන්සේ අභියස දි උදැසන 06.30ට පමණ ආරම්භ විය. එහිදි සියයකට අදික පිරිසක් පෙහෙවස් සමාදන් විය.
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The historic Tantirimale Seya will be illuminated today and tomorrow by Wijeya Newspapers Limited for the fourth consecutive year to mark the Poson Poya day.
The temple premises has been prepared for the Poson Poya religious observances that will take place throughout the day. Special facilities have also been made for pilgrims who will be making their way to this historic monastery. A special event to provide school uniforms and educational equipment to needy children of the area has also been organized by the employees of Wijeya Newspapers Limited.
The ancient Tantirimale Monastery is situated 41 kilometres off Anuradhapura and has a large number of ruins spread over the vast temple compound. This rock temple with reclining and seated Buddha statues was built in the third century BC. It is believed that Arahath Sanghamitta Theri had also rested at Tantirimale on her way to Anuradhapura with the sacred Bo sapling.
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By Kelum Bandara http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/06/30/life/4.asp
Thanthirimale Buddhist Shrine was built during the Anuradhapura era in the 3rd century BC and is situated on a rock, 41 km away from Anuradhapura. It had been known as “Thiwakka Bamunugama” during the times of ancient kings. It is believed that Bhikkhuni Sanghamitta on her way to Anuradhapura with the Sri Maha Bodhi sapling rested here. The shrine was abandoned due to South Indian invasion during the end of the Anuradhapura period. It was renovated by the Chief Priest of the North and East Ven. Kudakongaskada Wimalagnana Thera in 1960.
Today is Poson Poya. Today marks the 2014th anniversary of Arahat Mahinda introducing the doctrine of Gauthama Buddha, which is of special significance to Thanthirimale Raja Maha Vihare.
The ancient temple spreading over a vast area, will be illuminated with electric bulbs tonight by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd under ‘Lankadeepa Aloka Pooja’ programme (today and tomorrow) for the fourth consecutive year.
The ancient temple spreading over a vast area, will be illuminated with electric bulbs tonight by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd under ‘Lankadeepa Aloka Pooja’ programme (today and tomorrow) for the fourth consecutive year.
The staff of the company will donate uniform materials and stationery items to the Daham School children and teachers. A new pilgrim’s resthouse has also been constructed by the company.
Simultaneously, Thanthirimale will be declared by the government as a ’sacred town’ today followed by a series of religious events including a Bhakti Gee competition among Daham Schools in the area.
Besides, the North Central Province will also lay the foundation stone for a new Sangawase and a museum to be stored with artefacts excavated from the sacred site.
Chief Upathissa built Upathissagama. Anuradha’s village was named Anuradhagama after his name. These were the first settlements of this country. Vijaya’s team gradually spread their territory along Malwatuoya, the second longest river in the country, and that is how the history of Thanthirimale began. Upathissagama was close to Thanthirimale. Anuradhagama is now known as Anuradhapura, the main city in the North Central Province. In the 3rd century BC Tantirimale was known as Thiwakka Bamunugama after the local ruler Thiwakka hosted the royal procession carrying the sacred Bodhi sapling. Tonight, this historic temple will be aglow in its entirety with electric bulbs lit by the Wijeya Newspapers Ltd in addition to the mild moonlight descending from the sky. The religious serenity will be all the more enhanced by devotees fully concentrating on meritorious activities.
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ෛඑතිහාසික තනිතිරිමෙල් රජමහා විහාරස්ථානය විසින් පොසොන් පෝය නිමිති කරගන වාර්ෂිකව සිදුකරන මහා පුණ්ය උත්සවයේ වැඩ කටයුතු 2007 ජූනි මස 30 වැනිදා තන්තිරිමලේ රජමහා විහාරස්ථනයේදි ආරම්භ විය.
2007/06/30 – පොසොන් පෝදා වැඩ සටහන
පෙ:ව: 06.30 – 07.30 :- අෂ්ඨාංගසිලයේ සමාදානය හා බුද්ධ පුජාව (බෝධින් වහන්සේ අභියස)
පෙ:ව: 07.30 – 08.30 :- හිල් දානය ( ධර්මශාලාව හා තපෝවනය )
පෙ:ව: 08.30 – 09.30 :- ධර්ම දේශනය (තපෝවනය)
පෙ:ව: 09.30 -10.30 :- භාවනා වැඩසටහන (තපෝවනය)
පෙ:ව: 10.30 – 11.30 :- බුද්ධ පුජාව
පෙ:ව: 11.30 – 12.00 :- දහවල් දානය
ප:ව 12.00 – 01.00 :- විවේක කාලය
ප:ව 01.00 – 03.00 :- ධර්ම සාකඡ්චාව
ප:ව 03.00 – 03.30 :- ගිලන්පස
ප:ව 03.30 – 04.30 :- ධර්ම දේශනාව
ප:ව 04.30 – 05.30 :- විවේක කාලය
ප:ව 05.30 – 06.30 :- සිල් සමාදානය හා ගිලන්පස පුජාව
ප:ව 06.30 – 08.00 :- විදුලි ආලොක විවෘතය හා දහම් පාසල් ත්යාග පිරිනැමිම
ප:ව 08.00 – 10.00 :- බැති ගි සංදර්ශනය හා ත්යාග ප්රදානය
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2007/06/30 වන දින 07/01 දින තන්තිරමලේ ඓතිහාසික පුද බිමේ සිදුකරනු ලබන ආලොක පුජාව සදහා මෙහි පැමිනෙන බැතිමතුන් ගේ පහසුව සදහා මේ වන විට තන්තිරිමලේ – අනුරාධපුර ප්රධාන මාර්ගය පිළිසකර කරමින් පවති. කිසිදු බාදාවකින් තොරව ඓතාහසික තන්තිරමලේ පුදබිම වෙත ලගාවි පොසොන් පුර පසොලොස්වක පොහොදින පැවැත් වෙන පොසොන් ආලොක පුජාව හා අනේකුත් සියළු පුන්්ය කටයුතු වලට සම්භන්ද වි මෙම උතුම් පින්බිම ඉතාමත් නිදහසේ බුද්ධාලම්භන ප්රතියෙන් වැද පුදාගැනිමට හැකිබව ඉතා සතුටින් මතක් කර සිටින්නෙමු.
මේම කටයුතු දැකබලා ගැනිම සදහා ඔබ සැමට ගෞරවයෙන් ආරාධනා !
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තන්තිරිමලේ පොසොන් උත්සවය මෙවරත් විජය පුවත් පත් සමාගමෙන් උත්සවා කාරයෙන් සිදුකිරිමට කටයුතු සුදානම් කරමින් පවති. විදුලි ආලොක පුජාවට අමතරව විජය පුවත් පත් සමාගම අප දහම් පාසල් සිසුන්ට නිල ඇදුම් බේදාදිමද සිදුකරයි. ඉහත රුපයේ දැක්වෙන්නේ විජය පුවත් පත් සමාගමේ සේවක පිරිස තන්තිරිමලේ චෛත්යට විදුලි බුබුලු දමන ආකාරයයි.
මිට අමතරව විශ්ව ශ්රවනි ගුවන් විදුලි ආයතනය විලච්චිය ප්රදේශිය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශය තුල දහම් පාසල් 8ක් අතර භක්ති ගිත තරගාවලිය සදහා පුර්ණ අනුග්රහය දැක්විමට කටයුතු කර ඇත.
මෙම පොසොන් වපායට තන්තිරිමලේ වැදපුදා ගැනිමට පැමිනේන බැතිමතුන් හට පහසුව පිණිස පුජා භුමිය තුල හා අවට පවිත්රතා කටයුතු කරමින් සිටි මෙයට පුර්ණ අනුග්රහය තන්තිරමලය පොලිසිය හා තන්තිරිමලේ සිවිල් ආරක්ෂක බලකයේ න් උපරිම සහයොගය ලැබි ඇත.
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Sunday Times, Sunday, June 24, 2007 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070624/Plus/pls2.html
In the history of Thanthirimale, 2007 will be a landmark year. Amidst the serenity of worship of thousands of pilgrims who will flock there this Poson Poya, Minister Dinesh Gunawardene will declare the area a Sacred City. The Minister will present documents to this effect to Chief Incumbent Ven. Thanthirimale Chandraratana Thera.
Chief Minister of the North Central Province Berty Premalal Dissanayake will then lay the foundation stone for the new Sangawasa (monastery) and a museum for artefacts of the area.
Wijeya Newspapers will hold their annual Aloka Pooja at Thanthirimale on June 30 and July 1 with staff members participating in the activities. They will donate uniform material and school stationery supplies to the Daham Pasal children and teachers. Dansalas will be held on June 30 and July 1 and 2. The lighting up of Thanthirimale is being done under the Lankadipa Poson Poya programme.Much work has been done at Thanthirimale to accommodate pilgrims, with Rs. 1240 million being spent on building restrooms. This facility too will be declared open by Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake.
The history of Thanthirimale dates to the 6th century BC, when Prince Vijaya and his men set foot on the island at a spot that came to be called Thambapanni, meaning bronze sand. After meeting Kuveni, the princess of an indigenous tribe, and settling there, Vijaya and his group moved further inland to build a kingdom. The route they are believed to have taken was along a river named Malwathu Oya. The leaders of Vijaya’s group proceeded along the river and when a chief found a suitable place his team stopped there and built a village.
A chief called Upathissa built Upathissagama while chief Anuradha’s village was named Anuradhagama. These were the first settlements of this country. Vijaya’s men gradually expanded their territory along the Malwathu Oya, and thus began the written history of Sri Lanka. Upathissagama was close to Thanthirimale. Anuradhagama is today known as Anuradhapura.
In the 3rd century BC Thanthirimale was known as Thiwakka Bamunugama after the local ruler Thiwakka who had the privilege of hosting the royal procession carrying the sacred Bodhi sapling brought to the island by Buddhist nun Sanghamitta. As a token of appreciation a shoot of the Bo sapling was given to Thanthirimale and can still be seen there today.
Evidence that there had been a civilization before the arrival of Vijaya is cited by many experts. In 1909 John Still discovered archaeological evidence from the surface layer of the large cave located in the vicinity of the Thanthirimale temple. “…. in prehistoric times it must have been the refuge of human beings, for in it I found fragments of cherts and a piece of crystal. These were not in any sense implements, but they may have been waste chips thrown away while implements were being made for they are of material quite foreign for their surroundings,” he wrote.
Thanthirimale is also well known for its Buddha statues. In the northern slope of the rock is carved the reclining Buddha statue that is 45 feet long.
The Samadhi statue carved in a cave is 2.16 metres high. The statue is decorated with the images of two lions and two deities. The stone seat of the Buddha is also ornamented with lion images. Stone pillars in front indicate a structure like a roof, made to cover the statue. There are four roughly marked images on either side of the statue. Experts believe that these unfinished images indicate that the artist had to abandon the task suddenly.
The shrine of the Thanthirimale temple was begun in the 1970s and contains many beautiful wall paintings. It was the late Vimalagnana Thera who pioneered the construction of the Thanthirimale Raja Maha Viharaya.
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By Athula Bandara (Sunday Times)
The Tantirimale area with its Rajamahavihara will be declared a sacred area on Poson poya day. All arrangements for this event have been drawn up by Minister Dinesh Gunawardena according to the Viharadhipathi Ven. Tantirimale Chandarathana Thera.
Tantirimale is located about 36 kms from Anuradhapura and is a place full of archaeological interest and historic value. It is chronicled that the delegation that brought the sacred Bo tree to Anuradhapura had settled for the night in the rocky plain found here.
With the decline of the Anuradhapura era the region went to ruin till around 1960 when the area was cleared for resettlement in the region. This resettlement was the brain child of the late Ven. Vimalagnana Thera who pioneered the construction of the Tantirimale Rajamahavihara. In an area that covers some 200 acres, we find the Maha Seya, the Ashtavila Bodhiya, the Vihara Mandiraya and other pre-historic items of cultural value. According to the Viharadhipathi the region did not gain prominence till it was brought to the notice of Minister Gunawardena.
Come Poson, the area will be declared sacred with a stone laying ceremony to erect a sanghavasa taking place on the same day.
The minister is scheduled to declare open the museum too on the same day. The Wijeya Group of Newspapers will light up Tantirimale’s sacred city area on June 30 and July 1 under the Lankadeepa Poson pooja programme.
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