Maha Saman Devalaya

Maha Saman Devalaya or the Great Saman Temple (additionally called Sumana Saman Devalaya) is a sanctuary committed to god Saman, arranged at Ratnapura, Sri Lanka who is the directing god of the Sri Pada Mountain (Adam's Peak) or, in other words Samanthakuta meaning the heap of Saman which is accepted to have the left foot impression of Lord Buddha which he kept in his visit to Sri Lanka. Considered as one of the guardian divine forces of Sri Lanka, Deity Saman is profoundly revered in the locale of Rathnapura and related territories in the territory of Sabaragamuwa of Sri Lanka, he is recorded to have been an area director of the district contemporary to Lord Buddha who he met on the previous' visit to Sri Lanka.

It is accepted after the destruction of Saman, his faction of Deva began to worship him by raising a holy place for him. Also, it's accepted there had been a Temple called Saparagama Viharaya, in similar premises in the Anuradhapura period of Sri Lanka, as it's made reference to in Mahavamsa that priests from the said sanctuary took care of the opening service of Ruwanwelisaya of King Dutugamunu. The holy place because of the absence of money related quality of King Rajasinghe was remade with considerably less complex engineering than it used to be. Also, until right up 'til the present time the hallowed place is made of Clay.