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This blog is devoted to exploring the 'NATURAL BEAUTY OF SRI LANKA. My interests are photography, archaeology and ancient history. My email address is:- philipv203@gmail.com Please move the cursor over each photograph and left click on the mouse, to see an enlarged version of the pictures. Please click on the heading 'older post. ' Kandyan dancerrs, Gampaha, Sri Lanka. Please BOOKMARK this page.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Guard-stone, ('dwara-paalaka' - Sinhalese), Isurumuniya, Sri Lanka.

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The 'guard-stones' were erected at the entrance to buildings in ancient Sri Lanka. They were called 'Dwaara Paalaka' in Sinh...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Another view, Isurumuniya, Sri Lanka.

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You can see in this picture, the elephant figures cut on the rock, the man and horse and two beautiful guard-stones at the entrance to the r...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Isurumuniya rock and tank, Sri Lanka.

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Photo by Charaka Wickremasinghe of the Isurumuniya rock temple, tank and dagoba..
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Elephants sculpted on rock, Isurumuniya, Sri Lanka.

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Photo by Charaka Wickremasinghe - Olympus digital.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Isurumuniya, stone carvings, 6th Century AD, Sri Lanka.

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The Isurumuniya rock temple dates from 3rd century BC. It is situated in Anuradhapura. The rock carvings are of a later date probably 6th ce...
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