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Kantarodai (Kadurugoda Viharaya)

A site situated in the Jaffna Peninsula of 60 stupas, parts of Buddha statues, several Kot kerali and Satareskotu and the remains of a Vatadage. Kantarodai was discovered in 1919. The remains of Arahants are believed to be enshrined here. Tiles found in 1917 and in 1967 are similar to those found in Anuradhapura and Tissamaharamaya and have been dated to the beginning of the Christian era.

Kantarodai in Chunnakam has been identified as the Kadurugoda Viharaya in the Nam Pota, a book of important Buddhist centers in Sri Lanka, compiled in the Kandyan period.

Source :http://www.beyondthenet.net/Saddha/kantarodai.html

Had the Tamil North a Buddhist background? : Peep into pre-history: a 1949 article that should not have been ignored - Sunday Observer,1 October 2006
Kantarodai Buddhist Remains: A Sri Lankan Boro-budur lost for ever? The Island, 14 August 2002
The Antiquity of Kantarodai Vihara of Jaffna - Daily News, 23 July 2002
Kantarodai - www.buddhanet.net

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Updated March 24, 2007
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