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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Name for ancient Buddhist stupas in the Maldives}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Harry_Charles_Purvis_Bell,_Ruins_of_a_Dagaba_on_Fua_Mulaku_island,_1922.jpg | thumb | right]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Havitta&#039;&#039;&#039; is a name used to refer the ancient Buddhist stupas in Maldives. The word &#039;&#039;haviita&#039;&#039; is believed to have some affinities with the [[Sanskrit]] word [[caitya]], used to refer Buddhist sacred places.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/befeo_0336-1519_1987_num_76_1_1726|doi = 10.3406/befeo.1987.1726|title = The Pre-Islamic Archaeology of the Maldive Islands|year = 1987|last1 = Forbes|first1 = Andrew D.W.|journal = Bulletin de l&#039;École Française d&#039;Extrême-Orient|volume = 76|pages = 281–288}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/88605/caitya|title = Caitya &amp;#124; Buddhism &amp;#124; Britannica}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some of the famous Havittas in Maldives include [[Fua Mulaku Havitta]] and Vādū Havitta.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:History of the Maldives]]<br /> [[Category:Buddhist architecture]]<br /> <br /> {{Buddhism-stub}}</div>

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