Ridi Vihara (Silver temple) in Sri Lanka

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Ridi Vihara (Silver temple)
Type	temple
Address	Ridigama
Place	Kandy
Country	Sri Lanka
Related persons
Owner

Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2012-02-01xx

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Ridi Vihara (Silver temple), temple located at Ridigama, in Kandy, Sri Lanka .

Living elephants

At the Ridi Vihara (Silver temple) lives 1 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♀ Kumari II

Comments / picturesThe Ridi Vihara temple was built by King Dutugemunu and the details about the construction is mainly being known by the historical chronicle Mahavamsa and by other sources like Ridi Vihara Asna and also by legend.

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Koehl, Dan (2026). Ridi Vihara (Silver temple), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2201. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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