We would like to bring to your attention to the very first Chinese Temple in Kandy -
Samadhi Cultural Centre. It is located at the top of the mountain near the city area
and is within 10 minutes walk from Hotel Citadel.

Samadhi Cultural Centre was officially opened for the public in December 1996 and it took
3 long years for the project to complete. Many manpower were spent to ensure that the construction of the temple was of high standard and quality. We have replicated the Chinese temple design when designing the exterior look of our temple. This includes the using of building materials shipped directly from China.

Our huge Buddha image is from Burma and is one of the biggest marble Buddha image found in Sri Lanka. There is also a big Avalokiteshevara Boddhisatta image displayed in the temple compound. Traditionally, the Mahayana buddhist followers respect this Boddhisatta image in the belief that it will bring happiness and prosperity to them.

There are 32 auspicious marks of the Buddha engraved on marble tiles in 3 languages,
namely Chinese, English and Pali. The temple also displays more than 200 different collections of Chinese buddhist statutes.

We have incorporated both the Mahayana and Theravada culture into our temple. This is the first in Sri Lanka and it will be of great interest to everyone.
The temple also conducts daily evening Buddha puja, Full Moon and New Moon puja
as well as Sunday English Dhamma classes.