Sights at Dambadeniya, Sri Lanka.

Wash basin chiselled out of granite.

Entrance to the covered stupa.

Pillars chiselled out of granite.

Painted figure of a 'Naga' guarding the entrance to the old repository of the tooth relic.

Old 'Dalada Maligawa', Dambadeniya, Sri Lanka, 13th Century AD.

Statue of the Second Parakramabahu (1234 AD).

The repository of the 'Sacred Tooth Relic' in 1234 Ad.

A stone stairway.

Dambadeniya, old Dalada Maligawa, Sri Lanka.

Old paintings on the outer walls and roof.

Decorative design on the roof.

Wooden carvings of 'inverted lotuses' on the top of the granite pillar.

These belong to the 13th Century AD, when Dambadeniya was the capital of the Sinhalese King Parakrama Bahu the Second.

Dambadeniya, some scenes.

The Stupa covered with a roof.

An old 'Mal-aasana' - flower pedestral of stone.

Ornamental steps leading to the inner area of the old Dalada Maligawa.

Dambadeniya, an old capital of Sri Lanka.

The old 'Bo Tree'.

A side entrance to the old 'Dalada Maligawa'

Some artifacts at the entrance to the inner sanctum which once housed 'The Sacred Tooth Relic'.

Stone pillars of the 13th Century AD which supported the roof of the building.

Old stone carvings said to have been erected at the site where soldiers fell in battle -? 'Veera gal'. These now are at the entrance to the building of the old Dalada Maligawa.

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