The Lankatilaka Vihara is situated on a top of a rock popularly called Panhalgala in the village of Hiyarapitiya in Udunuwara in the Kandy district. There are several access roads to this place of worship. A visitor travelling along Colombo-Kandy highway will have to take the turn to the right at the Ambilimeegama-Daulagala road via Gadaladeniya before reaching Lankatilaka. According to the historical notes at the Vihara, King Buvanekabahu IV (1341-1351 AD) had commissioned a reputed architect from the Mehenewara, an artisan clan to construct a monumental Vihara. It is also recorded that this architect had obtained instructions on design and construction from a renowned South Indian architect called Stapati Rayar.
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