| Official Name: | Muppane |
| Native Name: | මුප්පනේ |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Sri Lanka |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sri Lanka |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uva Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Monaragala District |
| Established Date: | 1920 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Timezone: | Sri Lanka Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
| Coordinates: | 6.8831°N 81.3667°W |
| Elevation M: | 392 |
Muppane (Sinhala; Sinhalese: මුප්පනේ) is a town located in Monaragala District, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is located 168km (104miles) east of Colombo and 57.5km (35.7miles) east of Badulla (the capital city of Uva Province).
The area was developed for rubber cultivation in the early 1900s and the town expanded considerably after the bridging and improvement of the road from Wellawaya.[1] [2]
Muppane Rajamaha Vihara, also known as Viharamulla Vihara, is a Buddhist temple is located in Muppane.[3] It is gazetted as an Archaeological Protected Site by the government in June 2008. The two-storey temple is 10m (30feet) long and 6.1m (20feet) wide, with an inner chamber, 4.6m (15.1feet) by 2.73m (08.96feet). It was built in the early Kandy period, based on the paintings and the sculptures of the same period found adorning the temple building.