Kirinda Viharamahadevi Raja Maha Viharaya
Over 2000 years ago, a king by the name of Devanampiyatissa ruled over the western part of Ceylon, also known as Kelani Tissa. One day, he suspected a monk from the temple of conspiring with the queen and his brother, and in a fit of rage, he ordered the go-between to be boiled alive in a cauldron of oil. The ministers and subjects of the kingdom were horrified, and it seemed even the gods were displeased as they caused the ocean to flood and wash away a fifteen-mile stretch of coastline in the king's realm.
Feeling remorseful, Kelani Tissa built a golden boat and placed his eldest daughter inside with provisions for a month. The boat was cast adrift with an inscription indicating that it contained a king's daughter, as a sacrifice to atone for his wrongdoing and appease the gods. The boat eventually washed ashore near Kirinda, and a fisherman discovered the princess and brought news of her to the king of the southern kingdom of Rohana, Kavantissa, who married her and named her Viha...
Feeling remorseful, Kelani Tissa built a golden boat and placed his eldest daughter inside with provisions for a month. The boat was cast adrift with an inscription indicating that it contained a king's daughter, as a sacrifice to atone for his wrongdoing and appease the gods. The boat eventually washed ashore near Kirinda, and a fisherman discovered the princess and brought news of her to the king of the southern kingdom of Rohana, Kavantissa, who married her and named her Viha...
