Saturday, October 20, 2012

Artifacts inside the Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, Sri Lanka

"Gajasingha' -  Mythical Lion with an elephant's face - Strength and wisdom.

A mythical animal
Design on pillar 
The door lock
Quite a lot of works on the stone pillars are presumably from the early part of the 19th Century PE when the Maligawa was constructed. They could be even earlier.