ALUVIHARA TEMPLE SRI LANKA

Aluvihāra; lucent Cave Temple is substitutable with the teaching of Siddhartha. Aluvihāra justifiedly assumes its significance within the annals of the history of world Buddhism. it's during this terribly location that the Tipiţaka was documented on palm-leaves.

“Assembled the clergymen, UN agency here compared their texts, that were then, or before long later, committed to writing, and kind the Banapota or Buddhist Bible. This befell} about cardinal years B.C.” “Therefore, to the enlightened Buddhist” says Major Forbes in his work Eleven years in Ceylon written in 1840 “This secluded and relatively restrained cavern should be of infinitely bigger interest than the Temple of the Tooth or Thupārāma itself.” Aluvihāra conjointly preserved with it a number of made literature that had woven  round the Tipiţaka as well as commentaries.

How Aluvihāra received its name
The name Aluvihāra has several meanings and legends related to it. it had been originally called ‘Alu-Lena’ or ‘Āloka-Lena’ (Luminous Cave) supported a legend. throughout the reign of King Devānampiyatissa (250-210 BC) a monk was acting on the commentaries (Aţţha Kathā). On seeing this, the King of Devās, Sakra lit the cave to facilitate his work.

The cave temple sweet-faced east and it received the morning rays of sunrise. This was the explanation the cave was named Āloka-Lena (the lightened cave) since times of yore.

It can't be controversial that the writing of the Tipiţaka brought belief illumination to group. This brought illumination to the planet from cognitive content and suffering, therefore Alu-Lena would counsel this event. In Pāli it's known as Āloka-Vihāra which suggests Alu (Luminous) and Vihāra (Temple).