02/06/2016
Nalanda Gedige / නාලන්දා ගෙඩිගේ විහාරය / நாலந்த கெடிகே (நாலந்த சிலை மண்டபம்)
Nalanda Gedige is an ancient complete stone building near Matale, Sri Lanka.
මාතලේ සිට දඹුල්ල පාරේ ඇති කිලෝමීටර 49 ස්ථානයේ හැරැනු පටු මග ඔස්සේ කිලෝමීටර එකහමාරක් මගක දුර ගෙවා යන විට මෙම නාලන්දා ගෙඩිගේ විොරය හමුවේ.සීතල වැව් දිය පවන් අතරින් ඉතා සුන්දර පරිසරයක් දැක ගත හැකියි.
පැරණි ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පයේ එක් ලක්ෂණයක් වූ ගෙඩිගේ හෙවත් ගිංජිකාවත්ත සහිත වහල ක්රමය මෙම ගෙඩිගේ සදහා පියස්ස කරගෙන ඇත.ගල් පුවරැ උස් වේදිකාවක් මත පිහිටවු මෙම ගෘහය දකුණු ඉන්දීය පල්ලව සම්ප්රදායට නෑකම් කියන බව වස්තුවිද්යාත්මක ලක්ෂණ ගොනු කොට නිමවුවකි.බුදු ගෙයක් ඇති අතර එහි වැඩ සිටින හිටි පිළිමයකි.ඊට අමතරව ස්ථූපයක්ද පිහිටා ඇත.හතරැස් මලුව මත පිහිටි මෙම ගොඩනැගිල්ල එතරම් විශාල නොවේ.එසේම එම ප්රදේශයේ එකම ඉදි කිරීම මෙය පමණක් වීම විශේෂයකි.
මන්ද අනෙක් ගොඩනැගිලි නටඹුන් පිරිවරා ඉදිවු ඒවා අතර මෙම ගොඩ නැගිල්ල එසේ නොවීමයි.
நாலந்த சிலை மண்டபம் அல்லது நாலந்த கெடிகே (Nalanda Gedige) என்பது இலங்கையின் மாத்தளை மாவட்டத்தில் A9 நெடுஞ்சாலையில் இருந்து கிழக்கே 1.2 கி.மி தூரத்தில் அமைந்துள்ள ஒரு பௌத்த சிலை மண்டப அழிபாடு ஆகும்.
இது மாத்தளைக்கும் தம்புள்ளைக்கும் இடையே இவற்றிலிருந்து ஏறத்தாழச் சம அளவு தொலைவில் உள்ளது. இது இலகுவாக அணுகத்தக்க வகையில் அமைந்திருந்தும், ஒப்பிடும்போது பெருமளவுக்கு அறியப்படாத ஒரு தொல்லியல் சின்னமாகவே இது உள்ளது. இலங்கையில் இந்தச் சிலை மண்டபத்துக்கு முந்தியதும், பிந்தியதுமான பல சிலை மண்டபங்கள் இருந்தும் இது பல வழிகளில் அவற்றிலிருந்து வேறுபட்டதாக உள்ளது.
1970களில் இலங்கை அரசினால் முன்னெடுக்கப்பட்ட மகாவலி ஆறு அபிவிருத்தித் திட்டத்தின் கீழ் இந்த நினைவுச் சின்னம் முற்றாகவே நீருக்குள் அமிழ்ந்து அழியும் நிலை ஏற்பட்டபோது, இச்சின்னத்தை ஒவ்வொரு கல்லாகக் கழற்றி எடுத்த தொல்லியல் துறையினர் அதனை முன்னைய இடத்திலிருந்து சில அடிகள் தொலைவில் நிலத்தை மண்போட்டு உயர்த்தி மீளக் கட்டினர்.
This building was an ancient Hindu Temple constructed in between 8th to 10th century with dravidian architecture ( Pallava style ) and then believe to have been used by Buddhists. Also some scholars describe this building is a dravidian architecture dedicated to a Mahayanaa cult with pronounced Trantric learning and known for an ancient monument of possible Vajrayana (Ta***ic) Buddhist affinities.
Nalanda Gedige is designed like a Hindu temple with a mandapa, an entrance hall (originally roofed), a short passage to a bare cello, and an ambulatory round the holy center. There is no sign of Hindu gods today, however, and the temple is said to have been used by Buddhists.
The richly decorated facade sections, laboriously reassembled in 1975, are predominantly in the South Indian style, and may have originated in the eighth to 11th centuries, but cannot be precisely dated. However, the god Kubera appears on the south side of the tympanum over the sanctuary, and this is a feature only to be found in Sri Lanka.
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