Temples of Sri Lanka - Part 2
- by Csaba Papp
- 2018-12-16
- 18 media
- 18 available
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Rankoth Vehera is a stupa made entirely of brick, located in Polonnaruwa
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The stupa has four large Vahalkadas, a structure used for offering flowers
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The Kiri Vehera Stupa, it is believed to be built in 12th Century
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It is the only stupa to survive the 900 years of forces of nature
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Lankatilaka Vihara in front
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Two great walls, each with a headless Buddha statue in front
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The outside walls are horizontally divided into five floors.
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The entrance is guarded by statues
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The Gal Vihara is a rock temple of the Buddha. It is the most visited monument at Polonnaruwa.
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The Aluvihare Rock Temple is a sacred Buddhist temple located in Aluvihare.
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Within its premises are thirteen caves.
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It spreads across several levels through rock.
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For more than 2,300 years, monks have inhabited these caves.
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During the Matale rebellion of 1848 many parts of the temple were destroyed.
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The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy
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Royal palace of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic
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Rituals are performed three times daily: at dawn, at noon and in the evenings.
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The relic casket gets paraded through the streets atop a male elephant each year