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Thursday, December 12, 2013

'Aeth Pokuna' - Elephant pool, Lankaramaya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.





A pool many times the size of an Olympic pool, this water reservoir, more than 2000 years old still retains its water, fed by under-ground channels. The name refers to its size. It was used by the residents of  the Lankaramaya, for their washing etc..