Badaratittha (south of Chennai)

Badaratittha was an ancient Theravāda monastery (vihāra) on the coast of what is now Tamil Nadu, India, south of modern Chennai. According to the Gandhavaṃsa and other sources it was the residence of the commentator Ācariya Dhammapāla, the early Theravāda exegete from Kāñcīpuram.