Nā Uyana Monastery, Buddhist forest monastery in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

Nā Uyana Monastery covers over 2,040 hectares on the Dummiya mountain range and is divided into four sections: Pansiyagama, Mountain, Matale and Aandagala, each about 30 minutes' walk apart. Pansiyagama holds the uposatha hall, meditation hall, refectory, library and offices with about 80 kutis; Mountain has about 80 kutis and the main meditation hall; Matale has about 20 kutis and a smaller hall among grassy hills; Aandagala, densely forested, has four mud huts for dhutanga practitioners.

An ancient king donated this land to Buddhist monks in pre-Christian times, as writings in the caves reveal. This early connection made the site an important center for Buddhist communities in the region.

The name Nā Uyana means 'Ironwood Grove', after the old Ceylon ironwood forest inside the grounds. The monastery belongs to the Śrī Kalyāṇī Yogāśrama Saṃsthā, and its main method is Pa-Auk Samatha Vipassanā, taught by the senior teacher Ven. Ariyananda Mahāthēra. Practitioners join group sittings in the two main meditation halls or meditate alone in their kutis. About 25 foreign monks live here, and the Nā Uyana International Buddhist Association has a branch in Medan, Indonesia.

The four sections — Pansiyagama, Mountain, Matale and Aandagala — lie about 30 minutes' walk apart. Reach the site via the Madahapola road from the Melsiripura junction on the A6, then the Galewela road; the Nā Uyana road begins about 1 km along it. A simple funicular links parts of the grounds.

The monastery's name means 'Ironwood Grove', after the old Ceylon ironwood forest inside the Pansiyagama section. The 'Mountain' section, with about 80 kutis and the main meditation hall, is being reforested.