evidence: The Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery or Mahamevnawa Bhavana Asapu Moolasthanaya (Sinhala: මහමෙව්නාව බෞද්ධ ආරාමය), located in Polgahawela, Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka is the main Mahamevnawa temple of its chain of monasteries in Sri Lanka.