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.

Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Scene outside the Dalada Maligawa, Kandy.

Inside the Dalada Maligawa, Kandy.

The Dalada Maligawa, repository of the sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha has a lot of attraction to Buddhists and non Buddhists.

Embakka Dewala, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

The 'store-room' of the temple.

An old 'Ambalama' - resting hall for pigrims, in ruins. Note the granite supporting pillars.

An 'Ambalama' still in use.

Artifacts at Embekka Dewala, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

A bird motif on a woodcut.

Decorated granite doorway

Wood-work, Embekka Dewala, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Floral design

A bird

A seated female

Two females