Sandakada pahana is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances and is a unique feature of the Sinhalese architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. It symbolises the cycle of Sa廜???ra in Buddhism.

Today Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya has become a temple which attracts and unites people of all religions and faiths. Thousands of devotees from Sri Lanka and other parts of the world visit this temple daily.