Talk:Ancient Kadurugoda Viharaya

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See [], explain before re-inserting why this is RS.Slatersteven (talk) 18:13, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Unreliable sources
Many of the sources used in this article such as Lankadeep, The Daily Mirror, Dinamina and such are not WP:RS. The article has very few academic sources. Better sources needed. I also think the name section should rather be moved to Kantharodai, with better sources. Xenani (talk) 19:54, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Although academic sources are better, newspapers also count as reliable sources. Please read WP:SOURCETYPES before removing content.--Obi2canibe (talk) 20:22, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

I will remove the name section because it is now mentioned in the Kandarodai article under the Etymology section, as the name section is not related to the actual Vihara but more to the place name. Xenani (talk) 15:04, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The etymology section is important for the Vihara article as the Nampotha mentions about the Vihara. However I will add them to Vihara article with better sources--L Manju (talk) 15:32, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

L Manju, I think it is better to mention it in the History section though as it is a historic reference. It is already mentioned in the Kandarodai etymology section Xenani (talk) 22:24, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Kandarodai Vihara
There is no reliable scholarly sources to indicate, it’s “Kadurugoda Viharaya”. Kadurugoda is the Sinhala version of the Kandarodai. Since the history section shows multiple theories for the origin of the Vihara. Even Tamil Buddhism was extant in this area. I am reverting to “Kandarodai Vihara”.Shivaass (talk) 04:37, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Shivaass : You have said that "Even Tamil Buddhism was extant in this area." I believe that this is a fragile statement. So, please provide me any single evidence (archaeological) to prove that your statement is correct.--L Manju (talk) 17:11, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Some scholars have shown that Kandarodai is the corrupted version of the Sinhalese name Kadurugoda (Pieris, P.E., 1917. Nagadipa and Buddhist remains in Jaffna. The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 26. pp.11-30).--L Manju (talk) 17:16, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Kandarodai Stupas
There is no Vihara but only Stupas are there. We can connect the Stupas to ancient Vihara which was extant there in the content of the article but it is misleading to name it as Vihara on the title of the article.Shivaass (talk) 05:42, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Dear Shivaass Please explain what is called Viharaya and why we cant put the word Viharaya for this article?. The Kadurugoda pillar inscription of King Dappula IV (923-935 A.D.) confirms that this has a link with a Buddhist Viharaya (Ranawella, G.S., 2004. Inscription of Ceylon. Volume V, Part II. Department of Archaeology. pp.103-104.). Also, this site is referred to in 'Nampotha', a book compiled during the 15th century, as Kadurugoda Viharaya of the Demalapattanama (Uduwara, J.; Wijesekara, N. (Editor in chief), 1990. History of the Department of Archaeology,1970-1990. Archaeological Department Centenary (1890-1990): Commemorative series: Volume I: History of the Department of Archaeology. p.175; Pieris, P.E., 1917. Nagadipa and Buddhist remains in Jaffna. The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, (Vol. 26). pp.11-30.).
 * In Wikipedia articles we use the most common names for places when there is more than one native name (just see the case of Adam's Peak). So, I just searched Google for finding the common name of this site and found the following results;
 * Kadurugoda Viharaya: Got about 28,400 results
 * Kandarodai stupas: Just got 3,070 results
 * Now please tell me what is the most common name that is used to identify this site? I strongly believe that you are not aware about what is called Viharaya --L Manju (talk) 17:07, 17 July 2021 (UTC)