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Gal Vihara

rock temple of the Buddha in Sri Lanka
Organization buddhist_temple Q5517744
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Gal Vihara

Summary

Gal Vihara is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gal Vihara is located in Polonnaruwa[3].
  • Gal Vihara is in the country of Sri Lanka[4].
  • Gal Vihara's image is recorded as උත්තරාරාමය කළු ගල නෙලා.jpg[5].
  • Gal Vihara's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[6].
  • Gal Vihara's instance of is recorded as rock relief[7].
  • Gal Vihara's Commons category is recorded as Gal Viharaya[8].
  • Gal Vihara's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.96588, 'lon': 81.00497}[9].
  • Gal Vihara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w4ybk[10].
  • Gal Vihara's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 567018152[11].

Why It Matters

Gal Vihara ranks in the top 7% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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