Digavapi

Digavapi is an ancient Buddhist sanctuary in the eastern lowlands of Sri Lanka. Its great stupa is associated in the island’s chronicles with King Saddhatissa, who made offerings to the shrine in the second century before the Common Era. Buddhist tradition counts the place among the sites visited by the Buddha during his journeys to the island. The stupa and monastery stood in the old country of Ruhuna, where reservoirs and cultivated land supported settlements alongside religious foundations.