Friday, September 25, 2009

A stone trough, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.


"Kandha-oruwa' - a stone trough at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This stone trough was reputedly used to hold rice gruel for 5000 monks at a time, as part of a 'dhana'. There were two such troughs at Anuradhapura. Photo by Charaka Wickremasinghe.