Seema Malakaya Meditation Centre
Lake Beira, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Your base for exploring this tourist attraction is the ancient city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. For tourist information about Colombo, go to Colombo Travel Guide. To prepare for a trip to Sri Lanka, read also the Sri Lanka Travel Guide. Looking for budget accommodation there? Use AsiaExplorers Budget Accommodation Guide, the no-frills website to cover your budget accommodation needs.
The Seema Malakaya is a Buddhist meditation centre located at the edge of Lake Beira. It consists of three island podiums on the lake connected to the edge of the lake by a walkway. I stopped by to explore it with a small group of AsiaExplorers members at the tail end of our exploration of Sri Lanka.
The Seema Malakaya was designed by Geoffrey Bawa, one of Colombo's most prominent architects. The temple are blue-roofed structures in the Kandyan style. The design provides ample protection against heavy rain while still allowing the flow of breeze. Two of the three islands are bordered by a row of Buddha images, and one of them even has a bodhi tree and a stupa.
Seema Malakaya Meditation Centre Photo Gallery
Walkway connecting the Seema Malakaya islands to the mainland.
A row of Buddha images line the island platform.
A bodhi tree on one of the islands.
The stupa on the island.
Great views of the surrounding cityscape can be enjoyed from many corners of the Seema Malakaya.
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