Signage number 86: This is the uposathaghara (chapter house) of the monks of the Ālāhana Parivena where they rehearsed the code of discipline (especially the pati mokka).The pillars and brick walls suggest that there had been a storied building. This is the largest of the uposathagharas in the island and according to Mahavamsa was twelve-storied. The central platform within the building was to locate the relic casket while four monks the seated on the stone pedestals of the cardinal directions read the code of discipline.
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