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Nagadeepa Purana Vihara
The island monastery suffered an attack on its stupa and Buddha image in 1958.
Nainativu · Northern Province
Not established
As documented: date not establishedApproximate locality
9.6128°, 79.7740° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
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The recorded chronology
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1958 AD
An attack damaged the stupa and dismembered a Buddha image.
eventAttributed · further checking neededAn attack damaged the stupa and dismembered a Buddha image.
Historical community-level attribution is taken from the cited secondary account; individual perpetrators are not identified.
- Nagadeepa Purana Vihara — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateAttributed · further checking needed1958
- Nagadeepa Purana Vihara — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededTamil rioters
- Nagadeepa Purana Vihara — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
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- Nagadeepa Purana Vihara — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Present physical condition has not been independently established in this edition.
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