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Choola Bodhi Viharaya

Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist temples and monasteries

Choola Bodhi Viharaya is a Theravada Buddhist temple in Haburugala, Bentota of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. It is located on top of a mountain and consists of major components in a Buddhist Temple including Stupa, Bodhi Tree, Buddha statue, Dharmashala (open hall for preaching and gathering) etc. The literal meaning of Choola Bodhi is that a small Bodhi Tree. The temple holds the weekly Sunday Buddhist school with the help of many young and old educated Buddhists to teach the students of the village. The name of the Sunday Buddhist School is Sri Punyarathana Dhamma School.

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