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Maha Saman Devalaya

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Maha Saman Devalaya
Maha Saman Devalaya. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Maha Saman Devalaya or the Great Saman Temple (also called Sumana Saman Devalaya) is a shrine dedicated to deity Saman, situated at Ratnapura, Sri Lanka who is the presiding deity of the Sri Pada Mountain which is also called Samanthakuta meaning the mountain of Saman which is believed to have the left foot impression of Buddha which he kept in his visit to Sri Lanka.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.