Kalutara Pagoda

Add this place to one of your tour destination wish list as this place is one of the main religious places in Kalutara district. Visit this place while your in your Sri Lanka Holidays Founded by Sir.Cyril De Zoysa, this pagoda received lot of funding from 3rd party sources to build to the place where it is today.  

The development activities of the Kalutara Pagoda in the recent past has  that it has been with the Buddhist society of Kalutara which was established in 1931 through hard work made by Sir Cyril De Zoysa. In 1942 with the beginning of development activities in the lower porch, the summit of the chithya was laid. 

After the Sri Lanka became independent, following a appeal made by Sir Cyril De Zoysa from the first Prime Minister of the country, Right Honorable D.S. Senanayaka, the then Assistant Government Agent of Kalutara, Mr. Silva took step to release the kahcheryi on the uda maluwa.

Since it was felt that there should be a legal authority to facilitate the development activities, the Bodhi Trust pioneered by Sir Cyril De Zoysa, was established on November 11th 1951. Thereafter, with land around the sacred Bo Tree being entrusted to the Kalutara Pagoda Trust by the Government, the area witnessed a speedy development. This is a wonderful place you anyone should visit while in Sri Lanka Holidays