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රුවන්වැලි මහා සෑය හෙවත් ස්වර්ණමාලි මහා සෑය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පිහිටා ඇති ශාරීරික චෛත්‍යයකි. මෙය අතීත මහා විහාරයට අයත්වූ ප්‍රධානතම දාගැබ විය. එසේම මෙය වර්තමානයේ අටමස්ථාන වලට අයත් ප්‍රධානතම දාගැබ වේ. මෙම ස්ථූපය සොළොස්මස්ථාන (පූජනීය ස්ථාන දහසය) සහ අටමස්ථාන අතරින් එකකි.

සුවිශේෂීත්වය
ගෞතම සම්මා සම්බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේගේ ද්‍රෝණයක් ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා වැඩ සිටින ලෝකයේ පූජනීයම ස්ථාන අතුරින් එකකි. ඒ අතරම ගෞතම සම්මා සම්බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේගේ ද්‍රෝණයක් ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා වැඩ සිටින එකම දාගැබ වන්නේද රුවන්වැලි මහා සෑයයි.මෙතුල දඹ රන් පිරිනිවන් පානා ආකාරයේ පිලිමයක් ඇත.
භෞතික ලක්‍ෂණ
උසින් අඩි 338ක් (මීටර් 103) සහ අඩි 942ක (මීටර් 287.1) විෂ්කම්භයකින් යුක්ත වන මෙය ලෝකයේ දැනට පවතින උසම ස්මාරක අතරින් එකක් වේ.(ගර්භයේ මුල වටප්‍රමාණය අඩි 807 කි.)වාස්තු විද්‍යාත්මක ගුණාංග සහ ආශ්චර්යවත් බව නිසා ලොව පුරා බෞද්ධ ජනතාව අතර අති පූජනීය තත්වයට පත්වී ඇති ස්ථූපයකි
This is one of the "Solosmasthana" (the 16 places of veneration) and the "Atamasthana" (the 8 places of veneration). The stupa is one of the world's tallest ancient monuments, standing at 103 m (338 ft) and with a circumference of 290 m (951 ft). The original stupa had been about 55 m (180 ft) in height and was renovated by many kings. The Kaunghmudaw Pagoda in Sagaing, Myanmar is modelled after this stupa[2] The Mahavamsa contains a detailed account on the construction and the opening ceremony of the stupa.
Buddha’s Relic
Main article: Relics associated with Buddha
In the Mahavamsa, Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty chooses not to retrieve Buddha relics in the possession of Nagas at Ramagrama. It was said that on his deathbed, Buddha told a prophecy that of the eight donas of his body relics, one would be venerated by the Koliyas of Ramagrama, then the relics would belong to the Nagas until being enshrined in Sri Lanka. Ashoka is told more prophecy by arhats, who speak of the future enshrinement of these relics by king Dutthagamani.[4]
King Dutthagamini then received from the Sangha the Buddha’s relics upon his head in a casket and departed from the golden pavilion in the midst of manifold offerings and honours made by gods and ‘‘Brahmas’’. He circumambulated the relic-chamber three times, entered to it from the east, and when laid the relic-casket on a silver couch one ‘‘koṭi’’ worth, that was arranged in the north side. An image of the Buddha was then, according to the Buddha’s determination, created in the lion’s reclining posture (‘‘sīhaseyya’’), and all the relics were enshrined within that image. When the enshrining of the relics in the Great Stūpa Ruvanveli was completed, the two novices Uttara and Sumana closed the relic-chamber with the stone-blocks that were previously hidden to be used as a lid.
In the Thupavamsa numerous types of beings attended the enshrinement of the relics into the Mahathupa; including the Naga king Mahakala who until recently guarded them. The relics were to be placed atop a golden throne crafted by Visvakarman the divine artificer; the throne brought by Indra. Brahma offers his invisible umbrella of sovereignty, with the king Dutthagamani offering his own. The arhat Indagutta creates a metal canopy over the universe, so that Mara will not interfere, as monks chanted the Sutta Pitaka (the Collection of Discourses delivered by the Buddha). Dutthagamani ceremoniously enters with the urn atop his head; but as he is about to place the urn on the golden throne, the relics rise into the air and form Buddha, with each of the 32 major signs and 80 lesser signs of a great man. In this form he performs the twin miracle of fire and water, fulfilling the fifth of his death bed resolutions. One hundred and twenty million gods and humans gain arhatship from this experience. The relics return to the urn and they are laid to rest and the chamber sealed with forty meter stone slabs.[5]
‘‘"The relic-chamber shall not shake even by an earthquake; flowers such as jasmine that were offered on that day shall not wither till the end of Buddha Gotama’s Dispensation; the lamps that were kindled with ghee-oil shall not be extinguished; the clay that was mixed with perfume and sandalwood shall not dry; even a single scratch shall not appear within the relic-chamber; stains shall not appear in any of the golden goods that were offered.’ All this occurred by the determination-power of all Arahants present. They determined also that inimical persons should not be able to even see the relic-chamber. Furthermore, by order of king Dutugemunu, the people of Srī Lanka enshrined, along with many other objects such as golden and silver caskets, thousand more of the Buddha's relics over the relic-chamber