Tharushi

 Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya                       The kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya is a Buddhist temple in kelaniya Sri Lanka.lt is located 11km north-east of Colombo. The main approaches of the vihara is the road that leads to Biyagama from the 4th mile of the Colombo-Kandy road. The sanctuary is sited on a higher plain ignoring the waterway Kelani that streams in front.                                          The temple has often been associated with the rise and fall of Ceylon / Sri Lanka, with the popular saying that as the Kelaniya temple rose, Sri Lanka rose and as it fell, the country and its administration fell. It has thus had a deep association with the political powers of the country. It is also infamous for Mapitigama Buddharakkitha, the chief conspirator of the 1959 assassination of Ceylon's fourth Prime M...