Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Isurumuniya Vihara


This rock temple, dating from the reign of Devanampiya Tissa (r 247-207 BC), has some very fine carvings. One or two of these (including one of elephants playfully splashing water) remain in their original place on the rock face beside a square pool fed from the Tissa Wewa, but most of them have been moved into a small museum within the temple.

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