Somawathiya Chaitya
The Somawathiya Chaitya is a Buddhist Stupa situated in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Chaitya premises is called the Somawathiya Rajamaha Viharaya.Photo: Plpm2021, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist stupa in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Somawathiya Stupa” and “Somawathiya Temple”
Somawathiya Chaitya
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: North Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.12089° or 8° 7′ 15″ northLongitude
81.16891° or 81° 10′ 8″ eastOpen location code
6MW345C9+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2278210862OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q18379203
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Sinhala—“Somawathiya Chaitya” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “သောမာဝသိယစေတီတော်”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سوماواثيه شيتيا”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Somawathiya Chaitya”
- Malayalam: “സോമാവതിയ ചൈത്യ”
- Sinhala: “සෝමාවතිය විහාරය”
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